Carey Islands
The Carey Islands are an island group off Baffin Bay, in Avannaata municipality, northwest Greenland. Located relatively far offshore the Carey Islands are the westernmost point of Greenland as a territory.- Island
- Description: island in Avannaata, Greenland
- Also known as“Carey Oer”“CaryØer”“Kitsigsut”
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Latitude
76.71013° or 76° 42′ 37″ north
Longitude
-72.82631° or 72° 49′ 35″ west
Open location code
C789P56F+3F
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Turkish—“Carey Islands” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “illa Carey”
- Cebuano: “Carey Øer”
- Chinese: “加厘岛”
- Chinese: “加釐島”
- Danish: “Carey Øer”
- Finnish: “Carey Øer”
- German: “Carey Øer”
- German: “Kitsissut”
- Japanese: “キャリー島”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Carey Øer”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Carey øyer”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Kitsissut”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Carey Øer”
- Slovenian: “Carey Øer”
- Swedish: “Carey Øer”
- Swedish: “Careyöarna”
- Turkish: “Carey Adası (Grönland)”
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