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Meteorite Island
Native name:
Savigsivik
Meteorit Ø (Danish)
Meteorite Island is located in Greenland
Meteorite Island
Meteorite Island
Geography
LocationBaffin Bay, Greenland
Coordinates76°01′11″N 65°06′54″W / 76.0197°N 65.1149°W / 76.0197; -65.1149
Administration
Greenland
MunicipalityAvannaata
Demographics
Populationuninhabited

Meteorite Island (Danish: Meteorit Ø) is an island in Baffin Bay, in Avannaata municipality, off NW Greenland.[1]

The Cape York Meteorite fell thousands of years ago on the southern shore of this island.[2]

  1. ^ Hakluyt Island, Greenland
  2. ^ The cultural history of the Innaanganeq meteorite

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