INSIGHT UPSC QUIZ

 ANSWER: (C)

• Oodaaq lies at 83° 40′ North and 30° 40′ West, only 705 km (438 mi) south of the North Pole and 1,360 m (4,460 ft) north of Kaffeklubben Island, lying near the northeast tip of Greenland. When discovered it measured a mere 15 by 8 m (49 by 26 ft). 
• Though physiographically, Greenland is a part of the continent of North America, Greenland has been politically and culturally associated with Europe (specifically Norway and Denmark, the colonial powers) for more than a millennium, beginning in 986.
• Recently, the scientists have discovered what is believed to be the world's northernmost landmass – a yet-to-be-named island north of Greenland that could soon be swallowed up by seawaters. Oodaaq is some 700 kilometres (435 miles) south of the North Pole, while the new island is 780 metres (2,560 feet) north of Oodaaq.
• Point Barrow or Nuvuk is a headland on the Arctic coast in the U.S. state of Alaska, 9 miles (14 km) northeast of Utqiaġvik (formerly Barrow). It is the northernmost point of all the territory of the United States.
• Cape Nordkinn at 71°8′2″N 27°39′0″E is the northernmost point on the Nordkinn Peninsula in Troms og Finnmark county, Norway. It is notable for being the northernmost point of mainland Norway, and by extension the northernmost point of mainland Europe.