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Native name: Raffles Ø | |
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| Geography | |
| Location | East-Greenland |
| Coordinates | 74°34′N21°31′W / 74.567°N 21.517°W /74.567; -21.517 |
| Highest point | 550 m |
| Administration | |
Greenland | |
| Semersooq (Østgrønland) | |
| Demographics | |
| Population | 0 |
Raffles Island is anuninhabited island located approximately 4 km to east of the Sparrebugt bay,Liverpool Land, about 20 km north-east of the town ofIttoqqortoormiit,Greenland in theScoresby Sund area.
It was named byWilliam Scoresby Jr. in 1822 as Raffles Island in honour of ReverendThomas Raffles (1788–1863), a prominent independent minister.[1] The alternative nativeGreenlandic names of Agpalik or Appalik are also in use. It is also known with the Danish names of Raffle Ø or Raffles Ø.[1]
The highest point of the island lies at 550m above the sea level. The island hosts a little lake, called Raffles Sø.[1]Its mean temperature is almost always close to 0 degrees Celsius.Gull colonies have been recorded on the island.[2]
