East Jensen Island (Danish: Øst Jensens Ø) is an uninhabited island of the Lincoln Sea in Peary Land, far northern Greenland.

East Jensen Island

Øst Jensens Ø
Satellite image of the northern end of Greenland
East Jensen Island
Geography
Location	Lincoln Sea
Coordinates	83°3′N 40°36′W
Area	163.7 km2 (63.2 sq mi)
Length	23 km (14.3 mi)
Width	9 km (5.6 mi)
Coastline	57.2 km (35.54 mi)
Highest elevation	853.44 m (2800 ft)
Administration
Greenland
Zone	Northeast Greenland National Park
Demographics
Population	0

The island was named after Danish zoologist Adolf Severin Jensen (1866 - 1953), professor at the University of Copenhagen, who had carried out extensive research on the fisheries of West Greenland, and who was a member of the committee of the 1931–34 Three-year Expedition (Treårsekspeditionen).

Geography

East Jensen Island is located off the western side of Hazenland in the De Long Fjord. The island has an area of 163.7 km² (63.2 sq mi) and a shoreline of 57.2 km (35.5 mi).[1]

Its western shore forms the eastern side of Adolf Jensen Fjord, beyond which lies West Jensen Island. Small and narrow Inge Island, located at the mouth of De Long Fjord lies 3 km to the north off the northern end of East Jensen Island.[2]

See also

• List of islands of Greenland

References

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