83-42
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83-42 is a rocky ice floe in the Arctic Ocean. It is also sometimes referred to as Eklipse 0, or Schmitt’s Island, after its discoverer, Dennis Schmitt. It measures and in height, and lies from the North Pole. When it was discovered in 2003, lichens were found growing on it, suggesting it was not one of the temporary gravel bars commonly found in that region.
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- Instance of
- ice floe
- Country
- Greenland
- Located in
- Northeast Greenland National Park
- Population
- 0
- Area
- 500
- Elevation
- 4
- Time zone
- UTC−02:00
- Body of water
- Arctic Ocean
- Material used
- rock
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- located in protected area
- Northeast Greenland National Park
- time of discovery or invention
- 2003-07-06
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83-42 is a rocky ice floe in the Arctic Ocean. It is also sometimes referred to as Eklipse 0, or Schmitt’s Island, after its discoverer, Dennis Schmitt. It measures and in height, and lies from the North Pole. When it was discovered in 2003, lichens were found growing on it, suggesting it was not one of the temporary gravel bars commonly found in that region.
The island was discovered on 6 July 2003 by an American expedition led by Dennis Schmitt and Frank Landsberger. The expedition members gave it the unofficial name 83-42, reflecting its latitude of 83 degrees 42 minutes north.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “83-42” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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