They are located in the Avannaata municipality, off NW Greenland.

Littleton and the nearby area are one of the largest breeding grounds in Greenland for the common eider and have been designated an Important Bird Area.

[3] In July 1853, during the Second Grinnell Expedition on the brig Advance Kane built a cairn on Littleton Island.

Kane named one of the adjacent islets Hans Island after Hans Hendrik, the native Greenlandic helper he had with him on the trip.

Later in the expedition Christian Ohlsen died on the Littleton Island on 12 June 1855.