The World’s Northernmost Island Is Not an Island

In 2021, a Danish-Swiss expedition to North Greenland discovered "the world's northernmost island." It was named Qeqertaq Avannarleq, meaning Northern Island.

Now, it turns out that the scientists were wrong and that Qeqertaq Avannarleq is not an island after all.

This is reported by forskning.no.

The sea where the small "islands" are located north of Greenland is permanently covered with 2-3 meters of thick ice.

The researchers were able to establish that there is water under the "islands" when they measured the sea depth around them with sonar.

Therefore, the world's northernmost island is not an island but an iceberg.