1 / 7Researchers recently discovered what they claim to be the world’s northernmost point of land.2 / 7The scientists originally believed they were at Oodaaq, a separate island discovered by Danish researchers in 1978, before realizing they were on different ground more than 2,500 feet to the northwest of the island, Reuters reported. 3 / 7The discovery was first reported by Danish newspaper Weekendavisen.4 / 7The team said that the new island was formed by a shifting pack of ice, although they added that they do not believe the movement of the ice was due to global warming. The island measures about 100 feet across.5 / 7'It was not our intention to discover a new island,' Morten Rasch, head of the Arctic Station research facility in Greenland said, according to Reuters. 'We just went there to collect samples.'6 / 7'Everybody was happy that we found what we thought was Oodaaq island,' said Christiane Leister, creator of the Leister Foundation that financed the enterprise, according to the outlet. 7 / 7'It's a bit like explorers in the past, who thought they'd landed in a certain place but actually found a totally different place,' Leister added.