Joe Island () is an island of the Nares Strait, Greenland. Administratively it belongs to the Avannaata municipality.
Joe Island was named after Joe (Ipiirvik or Ebierbing), an Inuk guide who accompanied Charles Francis Hall in the 1871 Polaris expedition.Clements R. Markham, The Lands of Silence, p. 300Hannah and Joe on the Map - Nunatsiaq News Geography Joe Island lies in the Kennedy Channel at the limit of the Hall Basin. It is located about 4 km north of Cape Morton, off the northern end of the Petermann Peninsula, to the northwest of the mouth of Petermann Fjord. The waters around the island are icebound most of the year.
Since Joe Island is at the mouth of Petermann Fjord, it is an obstacle to large icebergs that calve off of Greenland's glaciers. Most such icebergs break apart when colliding with the island.
The island is mushroom-shaped. It has an area of 1.1 km2 and an elevation of 100 meters.Prostar Sailing Directions 2005 Greenland and Iceland Enroute, p. 93
See also List of islands of Greenland List of islands named after people Bibliography George Nares Narrative of a voyage to the Polar Sea during 1875–6 in H.M. ships 'Alert' and 'Discovery' References
External links Fata Morgana, or superior mirage of Joe Island, off the west coast of Arctic Greenland, in Nares Strait