Massey Island
- Terra MODIS
- 14 July 2003
- 02:40 UTC
Massey Island is a member of the Bathurst Island group and is one of several large islands that form the western boundary to Bathurst Island's Erskine Inlet; its western side faces the Byam Martin Channel, 41 km across which lies Melville Island (just visible at the left edge of the above image). In this image, Massey Island is located north of the image centre. The island is situated less than 2 km south, across the Pearse Strait, from Île Vanier and 2.6 km north, across the Boyer Strait, from Alexander Island. Off its southwestern shore lies the smaller Île Marc (56 km²).
Massey island (432 km²) is orientated east-northeast to west-southwest, with a neatly rectangular shape that measures 46 km in length and 11.4 km in width; the island is slightly narrower in the west, with a width of 8.5 km. Geologically, the island is essentially a ridge-like anticline structure that has formed in this region of intense folding; the straits that separate the island from its northern and southern neighbours are flooded synclines. The coastal regions are low-lying but rise to an upland interior. Slopes are steepest on the southern side climbing to heights of between 100 m and 210 m above sea level before dropping to the northern shore via shallower slopes.
image: MODIS rapid response project at nasa/goddard space flight center
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