Scientists discover world’s northernmost island off the coast of Greenland

The island was discovered by luck.

A group of scientists say they have discovered a tiny island off the coast of Greenland that they believe to be the world's northernmost. In July, the scientists flew out to what they thought was Oodaaq Island, which has been known about since 1978. But when they checked their position with the Danish official in charge of registering Arctic islands, they found they were actually 800 metres further north. The island, which is only 60 metres long and 30 metres across, is now thought to be the closest point of land to the North Pole. Scientific leader Morten Rasch of the Arctic Station in Greenland, University of Copenhagen, said: "The island was discovered during a Danish-Swiss research expedition, which I was co-ordinating," "We wanted among many other things to visit Oodaaq Island, which was previously known as the northernmost island." https://twitter.com/JacobGronholt/status/1431267003692638211