Harvard_Islands

Harvard Islands

Harvard Islands

Island group in Avannaata, Greenland

The Harvard Islands (Danish: Harward Øer) are an island group east of Qaanaaq in the Avannaata Municipality, northwestern Greenland.

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They are located near the head of the Inglefield Fjord, north of the mouth of the Academy Fjord and just east of the terminus of the Heilprin Glacier.[1] The village of Qeqertat is located on the islands.[2][3][4]

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References

  1. [1]
    "Heilprin Gletscher". Mapcarta. Retrieved 30 March 2019.
  2. [2]
    Vaughan, Richard (1991). Northwest Greenland: A History. University of Maine at Orono Press. p. 173. ISBN 9780891010722. Retrieved 12 June 2013.
  3. [3]
    Hayes, I. I. (1867). The open polar sea. pp. 430–.
  4. [4]
    Bulletin. 1952. p. 167.


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