83-42

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Schmitt 's Iceland, known as the 83-42, is a tiny island in the Arctic Ocean. Maybe it is the northernmost land area of ​​the earth.

Location and size

83-42 is located at a latitude of 83 ° 42 ' 30,647 - N83.701444444444. It is located about 25.9 km east of Cape Morris Jesup, the northernmost point of the island of Greenland and about 10.7 kilometers west of the Kaffeklubben Island. The small island is slightly less than 45 meters long, 20 meters wide and at its highest point about four feet high. 83-42 is 700.4 km from the North Pole.

Discovery and naming

The island was discovered on July 6, 2003 by an American expedition. This expedition was led by Dennis Schmitt and Frank Landsberger. Based on the latitude the expedition members discovered the body gave the unofficial designation 83-42. The island is also called Schmitt 's Iceland.

Recognition as the land area

To be recognized as land area is necessary that the area covered permanently, ie even at high tide, rises out of the water. Given the very small size is doubtful if 83-42 has this property.

According to its discoverer is Schmitt 's Iceland ( 83-42 ) from rocks and boulders, so of relatively rigid material, and is not just a fleeting sand and gravel. Also the height of about four meters above the water surface may suggest that 83-42 a permanent island is given the weak tidal effect in the Arctic Ocean. Because it is still lacking a confirmation, it is (as of November 2007) is not recognized as land area.

Recognition as the northernmost land area and island in the world

By November 2007, discovered in 1996 the island was considered ATOW1996 northernmost land area of ​​the earth. If Schmitt 's Iceland ( 83-42 ) will be granted the status of land area, it is the northernmost land surface of the earth, as it is closer to the North Pole by 2.8 kilometer than ATOW1996.

Since the classification of an area of ​​land as an island is not dependent on the size of the land area, would be 83-42 in the case of recognition as an area of ​​land at the same time the most northerly island in the world.

In most geographical books Kaffeklubben the island still is given as the most northerly mainland point, because - are often not viewed as tiny islands ATOW1996 or 83-42 as "real " islands - contrary to the scientific definition.

In order to be recognized as northernmost land area competes alongside ATOW1996 83-42 and also the island RTOW2001. While there is RTOW2001 the North Pole to 960 meters closer than ATOW1996, but also it is not currently recognized (August 2007) as a permanent land area. In addition, is RTOW2001 about 1.8 kilometers further away from the North Pole as 83-42 and would thus in the event that 83-42 is recognized as an area of ​​land not already come as northernmost land area into consideration.

In the German TV station NDR program, a report was broadcasted on January 3, 2009, after which the country point of 2003 was nowhere to be found, however, a new country point (Ultima Thule 2008) at 83 ° 41 ' N, 31 ° 6' W83 was discovered .688027777778-31.098666666667.

Swell

  • Xefer (English)
  • Article by Charles Burress in the newspaper San Francisco Chronicle of 17 June 2004 (English)
  • Article by Andrew C. Revkin from the New York Times of 8 June 2004 (English)
  • A website with a map of the area around the islands to be ( Lithuanian )

Footnotes

  • Uninhabited Island
  • Geographical record
  • Island ( Greenland)
  • Island ( Arctic Ocean)
  • Continental island without reference
  • Northeast Greenland National Park
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