Island discovered off Greenland
- September 9, 2021
- Posted by: OptimizeIAS Team
- Category: DPN Topics
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Island discovered off Greenland
Subject – Geography
Context – Island discovered off Greenland is the new speck on the world map
Concept –
- Measuring 60×30 metres and with a peak of three metres above sea level, it has now become the new northernmost piece of land on Earth.
- Before this, Oodaaq was marked as the Earth’s northernmost terrain.
- The new island is made up of seabed mud and moraine, i.e. soil, rock and other material left behind by moving glaciers, and has no vegetation. It meets the criteria of an island.
- The group has suggested the discovery be named ‘QeqertaqAvannarleq’, which is Greenlandic for “the northernmost island”.
- Oodaaq is some 700 km south of the North Pole, while the new island is 780 m north of Oodaaq.