Native name: Qeqertarssuaq | |
|---|---|
  Wolstenholme Island Wolstenholme Island (Greenland) | |
| Geography | |
| Location | Baffin Bay, Greenland |
| Coordinates | 76°26′16″N 70°00′21″W / 76.43778°N 70.00583°W |
| Highest elevation | 259 m (850 ft) |
| Administration | |
Greenland | |
| Municipality | Avannaata |
Wolstenholme Island (Greenlandic: Qeqertarssuaq)[1] is an island in Baffin Bay, in Avannaata municipality, off northwestern Greenland.[2]
The island lies west of the Bylot Sound off Cape Atholl in the southern shore of the mouth of Wolstenholme Fjord, south of Saunders Island.[3] It is smaller than the latter and made of gneiss.[4]
- ^ "Wolstenholme Island". Mapcarta. Retrieved 5 April 2019.
- ^ GoogleEarth
- ^ 1:1,000,000 scale Operational Navigation Chart, Sheet B-8, 3rd edition
- ^ Clements R. Markham, William Alexander, Life of Admiral Sir Leopold McClintock, p. 90