Melville Monument () is an island in the Avannaata municipality, NW Greenland.Prostar Sailing Directions 2005 Greenland and Iceland Enroute, p. 200
It was named "Melville Monument" by Arctic explorer Sir John Ross in July 1818.
The island is located in Melville Bay, separated from the coast by a narrow sound. It is a peaked island, familiar to Arctic navigators, similar to Kullorsuaq further south, but smaller.Geographical Items on North Greenland Encyclopedia Arctica 14 __NOTOC__
Literature Clements R. Markham, Life of Admiral Sir Leopold McClintock, T. C. Chamberlin, Glacial Studies in Greenland. III. Coast Glaciers between Disco Island and Inglefield Gulf
See also List of islands of Greenland
References
External links Seabird colonies in the Melville Bay, Northwest Greenland