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Encyclopedia > Kaffeklubben Island

Kaffeklubben Island or Coffee Club Island is a small island lying off the north eastern tip of Greenland, and is considered to be the most northerly point of land on earth. This is a list of lists of extreme points of the world, the points that are farther north, south, east or west than any other locations on the landmasses, continents or countries. ...


Discovered by Robert Peary in 1900, the island is around 1 km in length, and found at 83°40′ N 29°50′ W, 37 km east of Cape Morris Jesup, Greenland. First visited by the Danish explorer Lauge Koch in 1921, he named it after the coffee club in Copenhagen's museum of mineralogy, and in 1969 a Canadian team calculated that its northernmost tip lies 750 m further north than Cape Morris Jesup, thus claiming its record as the most northerly point on land. Robert Edwin Peary (May 6, 1856 – February 20, 1920) was an American explorer who is usually credited as the first person, on April 6, 1909, to reach the geographic North Pole. ... 1900 is a common year starting on Monday. ... Cape Morris Jesup is the northernmost point of mainland Greenland and is 708 km from the geographic North Pole. ... 1921 (MCMXXI) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... Copenhagen (Danish: København) is faaaabulous. ... Mineralogy is an earth science that involves the chemistry, crystal structure, and physical (including optical) properties of minerals. ... 1969 (MCMLXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday For other uses, see Number 1969. ... Cape Morris Jesup is the northernmost point of mainland Greenland and is 708 km from the geographic North Pole. ...


Since then, several gravel banks have been found to the north, most notably Oodaaq, though there is debate as to whether Oodaaq Island or these other gravel banks should be considered for the record as they are rarely permanent, being regularly swallowed by the moving ice sheets, or becoming submerged in the ocean. Oodaaq is the name given to a bank of gravel and silt, north east of Greenland that was at one stage considered by some to be the most northerly point of land on earth. ...


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Kaffeklubben Island Information (164 words)
Kaffeklubben Island or (Coffee Club Island) is a small island lying off the north eastern tip of Greenland, and is considered to be the most northerly point of land on earth.
Discovered by Robert Peary in 1900, the island is around 1 km in length, and found at 83°40′N 29°50′W, 37 km east of Cape Morris Jesup, Greenland.
Since then, several gravel banks have been found to the north, most notably Oodaaq, though there is debate as to whether Oodaaq Island or these other gravel banks should be considered for the record as they are rarely permanent, being regularly swallowed by the moving ice sheets, or becoming submerged in the ocean.
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