Bjorne Island, Danish: Bjørneø, meaning 'Bear Island', is an island in NE Greenland. Administratively it belongs to the Northeast Greenland National Park.

Bjorne Island

Bjørneø
View of Bjorne Island.
Bjorne Island
Geography
Location	Geologfjord Kaiser Franz Joseph Fjord
Coordinates	73°33′N 24°43′W
Major islands	1
Length	0.6 km (0.37 mi)
Width	0.5 km (0.31 mi)
Administration
Greenland
Zone	Northeast Greenland National Park
Demographics
Population	0

It is the only island in the inner Kaiser Franz Joseph Fjord system.[1]

History

This island was first mapped and named Björnön by Alfred Gabriel Nathorst in 1899 during the Swedish Greenland Expedition in search of survivors of S. A. Andrée's Arctic balloon expedition of 1897.[2]

Geography

Bjorne Island is located in the middle of Geologfjord about 5 km (3.1 mi) from its mouth.[3] It is a rocky islet, rising north of Cape Weber, the easternmost end of Andrée Land.[4] The island is about 0.5 km (0.31 mi) in length.[1]

See also

• List of islands of Greenland

References

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