Joe Ø | |
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&sq=Envato&lang=en&file=File:Greenland_edcp_location_map.svg)  Joe Island | |
| Geography | |
| Location | Kennedy Channel/Hall Basin Nares Strait |
| Coordinates | 81°15′04″N 63°31′46″W / 81.2512°N 63.5295°W |
| Area | 1.1 km2 (0.42 sq mi) |
| Length | 1.2 km (0.75 mi) |
| Width | 1 km (0.6 mi) |
| Highest elevation | 100 m (300 ft) |
| Administration | |
| Municipality | Avannaata |
| Demographics | |
| Population | 0 |
Joe Island (Danish: Joe Ø) is an island of the Nares Strait, Greenland. [1] Administratively it belongs to the Avannaata municipality.
Joe Island was named after Joe (Ipiirvik or Ebierbing), an Inuit guide who accompanied Charles Francis Hall in the 1871 Polaris expedition.[2][3]
- ^ "Joe Ø". Mapcarta. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
- ^ Clements R. Markham, The Lands of Silence, p. 300
- ^ Hannah and Joe on the Map - Nunatsiaq News