{{Short description|Island group near Greenland}} {{Infobox islands | name = McGary Islands | local_name = | native_name = | native_name_link = | image_name = | image_caption = | image_size = | map = Greenland | map_caption = | nickname = | location = Kane Basin | coordinates = {{coord|79.206944|-65.923611|type:isle_region:GL|display=inline,title}} | archipelago = | total_islands = | major_islands = | area_km2 = | length_km = | width_km = | highest_mount = | elevation_m = | population = uninhabited | population_as_of = | density_km2 = | ethnic_groups = | country = Greenland | country_admin_divisions_title = Municipality | country_admin_divisions = Avannaata | additional_info = }} The '''McGary Islands''' is a small coastal island group in Avannaata municipality, off NW Greenland.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Operational_Navigation_Chart_B-8,_3rd_edition.jpg |title=1:1,000,000 scale Operational Navigation Chart, Sheet B-8, 3rd edition}}</ref>
The islands are named after James McGary of the Second Grinnell Expedition.<ref>Kane, Elisha Kent (1857). ''The United States Grinnell Expedition in Search of Sir John Franklin.'' Boston: Phillips, Sampson & Co.</ref> They are a breeding ground for the common eider.
==Geography== The McGary Islands are a cluster of coastal islands, islets and rocks at the southern end of Peabody Bay about 6 km off Cape Agassiz and off the southern end of the Humboldt Glacier. The islands are small and are located close to the shore of Inglefield Land, 15 km to the NE of the Bonsall Islands.<ref>''Prostar Sailing Directions 2005 Greenland and Iceland Enroute'', p. 88</ref>
== See also == * List of islands of Greenland
== References == <references/>
== External links == *[https://web.archive.org/web/20161011034338/http://www.geus.dk/publications/maps/map1_p01-48.pdf Explanatory notes to the Geological map of Greenland] {{Greenland-geo-stub}}
Category:Uninhabited islands of Greenland Category:Avannaata