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Shannon Island

Large island in Northeast Greenland

Field	Value
name	Shannon Island
native_name	Shannon Ø
native_name_link	Danish language
image_name	FMIB 43844 Germania on the Northern Coast of Shannon.jpeg
image_size	270px
image_caption	The Germania on the Northern Coast of Shannon Island.
mapframe	yes
mapframe-zoom	6
mapframe-stroke-width	2
image_map_size	270px
image_map_caption	Map of Shannon Island
pushpin_map	Greenland
pushpin_label	Shannon Island
pushpin_map_caption	Location of Shannon Island in Greenland
coordinates
etymology	Named after the frigate HMS Shannon
location	Greenland Sea
area_km2	1258.5
area_footnotes
rank	9th largest in Greenland
281st largest in world
coastline_km
elevation_m	305
highest_mount	Meyerstein Bjerg
country	Greenland
country_admin_divisions_title	Unincorporated area
country_admin_divisions	NE Greenland National Park
country_area_km2
population	0
population_as_of	2021
density_km2	0
ethnic_groups	none

| mapframe-zoom = 6 | mapframe-stroke-width = 2 281st largest in world

Shannon Island () is a large island in Northeast Greenland National Park in eastern Greenland, to the east of Hochstetter Foreland, with an area of 1258.5 km2. It was named by Douglas Charles Clavering on his 1823 expedition for the Royal Navy frigate HMS Shannon, a 38-gun frigate on which he served as midshipman under Sir Philip Broke.

The island is also home to many different types of animals such as polar bears, walruses, ravens, and oxen.

History

Most landmarks in the area were named by the Second German Polar Expedition under Carl Koldewey in 1869–70. Between October 1943 and June 1944, the German meteorological expedition Bassgeiger operated under difficult conditions at Kap Sussi on Shannon. Their ship Coburg was wrecked off Shannon. The station was discovered by hunters, but the crew was evacuated by air to Norway.

The island is the site of several hunter's cabins and is reputed to have especially favorable ice conditions.

Shannon island is the setting for Jule Verne's novel "A Winter amid the Ice".

Geography

Shannon Island is a coastal island, separated from Hochstetter Foreland in the mainland by the Shannon Sound, a 200 m deep sound of the Greenland Sea.

The islands that are located nearby are Kuhn Island to the southwest further inshore and the Pendulum Islands about 12 km to the south.

Image gallery

[[File:Operational Navigation Chart B-9, 1st edition.jpg	thumb	300px	none	Map of Northeastern Greenland]]	[[File:Greenland.A2003233.1340.250m.jpg	thumb	East Greenland [[Terra/MODIS]] satellite image]]

References

[http://islands.unep.ch/ITP.htm UNEP]
[http://mapcarta.com/17866080 Shannon Ø]

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