Ella Island

Ella Island
Ella Ø (Danish)
	The southwestern side of Ella Island in August 2007. An onlap of Devonian sandstone (right) on folded Cambrian-to-Ordovician rocks (left) is visible.
	Ella Island
Geography
Location	Greenland Sea
Coordinates	72°51′N 25°00′W / 72.850°N 25.000°W
Administration
	Greenland
Zone	Northeast Greenland National Park
Demographics
Population	0

Ella Island (Danish: Ella Ø) is an island in eastern Greenland, within Northeast Greenland National Park.

Geography

Ella Island is located at the mouth of Kempe Fjord in the northern end of King Oscar Fjord. To the east lie the larger Traill Island and Geographical Society Island. Off its northern end lie Maria Island and Ruth Island.^[1]

The island has an area of 143.6 square kilometres (55.4 sq mi) and a shoreline of 59.6 kilometres (37 mi).^[2] Ella Island is separated from the western shore of the fjord by the Narwhal Sound.

The Sirius Dog Sled Patrol maintains a small base on the northern coast of the island which is staffed only in summer.^[3]^[4]

History

The

doctoral thesis

in 1941.

During

sledge patrol station called "Bluie East Four" on the island.^[5]

In 1971 a meteorite was found on Ella Island,^[6] classified as a L-6 chondrite.

On 16 September 2023 an unwitnessed

patrol vessel HDMS Knud Rasmussen began clean-up and salvage work at the site, which they completed by 21 September despite a 20 September warning by officials to ships in the area to avoid putting crew members or passengers ashore because of a risk of additional tsunamis.^[7]^[8]

References

^ "Kempes Fjord". Mapcarta. Retrieved 5 August 2019.
^ UNEP
^ Palle Norrit. "The Sirius Sledge Patrol". Archived from the original on 2011-04-21. Retrieved 2010-07-26.
^ "Organisation" (in Danish). Grønlands Kommando. Archived from the original on 2010-11-14. Retrieved 2010-07-26.
^ Greenland Stations Archived 2007-11-23 at the Wayback Machine
^ 1975Metic..10 1C Page 1
^ "Greenland Tsunami Washes Abandoned Station to Sea, Not Far From Site of Cruise Ship Grounding". Santa Monica Observer. Santa Monica, California. 21 September 2023. Retrieved 15 October 2023.
^ Wenger, Dr. Michael (22 September 2023). "Mysterious Tsunami Hits Station in East Greenland". polarjournal.ch. Polar Journal. Retrieved 15 October 2023.

External links

Photograph of Sirius summer station
Map of Ella Island showing location of station

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[mapcarta-1] "Kempes Fjord". Mapcarta. Retrieved 5 August 2019.

[2] UNEP

[3] Palle Norrit. "The Sirius Sledge Patrol". Archived from the original on 2011-04-21. Retrieved 2010-07-26.

[4] "Organisation" (in Danish). Grønlands Kommando. Archived from the original on 2010-11-14. Retrieved 2010-07-26.

[5] Greenland Stations Archived 2007-11-23 at the Wayback Machine

[6] 1975Metic..10 1C Page 1

[7] "Greenland Tsunami Washes Abandoned Station to Sea, Not Far From Site of Cruise Ship Grounding". Santa Monica Observer. Santa Monica, California. 21 September 2023. Retrieved 15 October 2023.

[8] Wenger, Dr. Michael (22 September 2023). "Mysterious Tsunami Hits Station in East Greenland". polarjournal.ch. Polar Journal. Retrieved 15 October 2023.

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