Location East-Greenland Population 0 | Highest point 550 m | |
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Raffles Island is an uninhabited island located approximately 4 km to east of the Sparrebugt bay, Liverpool Land, about 20 km north-east of the town of Ittoqqortoormiit, Greenland in the Scoresby Sund area. Named by William Scoresby Jr. in 1822 as Raffles Island in honour of Revd Thomas Raffles (1788–1863), a prominent independent minister. The alternative native Greenlandic names of Agpalik or Appalik are also in use. It is also known with the Danish names of Raffle Ø or Raffles Ø.
Map of Raffles Island, Greenland
The highest point of the island lies at 550m above the sea level. The island hosts a little lake, called Raffles Sø. Its mean temperature is almost always close to 0 degrees Celsius. Gull colonies have been recorded on the island.
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