🏝️ Shannon Island

Greenland · Americas · 75.22°N, 18.50°W

Shannon Island is a large island in Northeast Greenland National Park in eastern Greenland, to the east of Hochstetter Foreland, with an area of 1,258.5 km2 (485.9 sq mi). 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.

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Quick facts

Country	Greenland
Continent / region	Americas
Coordinates (approx.)	75.22°N, 18.50°W · view on map

Shannon Island is located in Greenland, in Americas.

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Milne Land · Little Pendulum Island · Upernivik Island · Traill Island · ATOW1996 · Store Koldewey · Kuhn Island · Uunartoq Qeqertaq · Geographical Society Island · Tussaaq Island.

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