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Djævleøen, meaning "Devil Island",[1] is an uninhabited island of King Frederick VIII Land, NE Greenland.

Djævleøen

Nickname: Devil Island
Djævleøen
Geography
Location	Dove Bay Greenland Sea
Coordinates	76°24′N 20°20′W
Area	40.61 km2 (15.68 sq mi)
Length	11 km (6.8 mi)
Width	4 km (2.5 mi)
Coastline	115.5 km (71.77 mi)
Highest elevation	732 m (2402 ft)
Administration
Greenland
Zone	Northeast Greenland National Park
Demographics
Population	0

History

The island was named Djævleøen by the 1932 Gefion expedition. It had been previously also known as "Teufelkap Island" —a name used by Georg Carl Amdrup in 1913— because of the Teufelkap, its conspicuous eastern headland that had been previously named by the Second German North Polar Expedition led by Carl Koldewey.[2]

The curved horse-shoe shaped northern part of the island was named Hestefoden by the 1906–08 Danmark expedition, because the devil (Danish: djævle) is often represented as having hooved feet.[3]

Geography

The island lies in the southwestern area of Dove Bay. To the north lie the Licht Islands and to the west Godfred Hansen Island. To the south lies Nanok Island, separated from Djævleøen by the A. Stelling Sound, and further south Tvillingerne.[4]

Bibliography

• A. K. Higgins, Jane A. Gilotti, M. Paul Smith (eds.), The Greenland Caledonides: Evolution of the Northeast Margin of Laurentia.

See also

• List of islands of Greenland

References

External links

• View of Teufelkap and Surroundings seen from the west coast of Store Koldewey

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