Scientists have discovered a new island in Greenland

Scientists Discover a new small island off the coast green land which, as they say, It is the northernmost point on Earth in the world.

“Our intention was not to discover a new island,” explorer Morten Rush told Reuters.

“We only went there to collect samples.”

Morton Rush

The tiny island was found last month and is about 30 meters wide and about three meters high. It is made up of mud from the seabed, as well as the land and rocks behind Moving glaciers.

his name was qrtak afnarlq, what does it mean “Island in the Far North” In Greenland, with reference to it It is the northernmost piece of land on the planet.

Several US missions in the region have researched in recent decades The northernmost island in the world. In fact, in 2007, Arctic veteran Dennis Schmidt discovered a similar island.

Scientists initially thought they had arrived Awqad, an island discovered by a Danish research team in 1978. Later, after checking the exact location, they realized that they had visited another island 780 meters to the northwest.

Rush, who is also head of the Arctic Station Research Facility in Greenland, shared that it was the person responsible for registering these islands in Denmark who revealed to them that They were not in a valley, but on a new islandIt is located 800 meters to the north.

That means it, Rush said They have reached the northernmost island on Earth.

although new island By changing the ice cover, scientists have confirmed that the emergence of the island is not a direct result of global warming Reducing the Greenland Ice Sheet.

The discovery comes as a battle looms between the Arctic nations of the United States, Russia, Canada, Denmark and Norway for control of the Arctic about 700 kilometers to the north, the surrounding sea floor, fishing rights and shipping routes. Ice melts because Climate change.