Clavering Island
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| Clavering Island Native name: Clavering Ø |
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| Geography | |
| Location | East-Greenland |
| Coordinates | Coordinates: |
| Area | 1535 km²
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| Administration | |
 Greenland |
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| County | Tunu |
| Demographics | |
| Population | 0 |
Clavering Island is a large island in East-Greenland to the West of Wollaston Foreland. It was named by the second German North Polar Expedition 1869–70 as Clavering Insel to commemorate Douglas Charles Clavering (1794–1827), commander of the Griper on the 1823 voyage, which explored the area and, at the southern shore of this island made the first (and last) encounter that Europeans made with the now extict Northeast-Greenland Inuit.
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