Researchers Accidentally Discover World's Northernmost Island Due to GPS Error
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A team of Danish researchers thought they were traveling to the world’s northernmost island—they discovered an island even further north instead.
A team of Danish researchers are claiming to have discovered the world’s northernmost island, more than a kilometer off the tip of Greenland. The discovery was a complete accident. In July, the researchers set out for the island of Oodaaq—up until now considered the world’s northernmost island—to collect samples, and ended up in the wrong place.
The newly discovered island, which the researchers intend to name “Qeqertaq Avannarleq” (Greenlandic for “northernmost island”), is roughly 30 by 60 meters large and largely consists of moraine, gravel and marine mud. It may have been formed by a large storm that pressed these materials together, according to the press release, and could just as easily disappear in another one.
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https://www.vice.com/en/article/5dbe...e-to-gps-error