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Kuhn Island (Danish: Kuhn Ø) is a coastal island in Hochstetter Bay, eastern Greenland. There are coal deposits on the island.[2] [3]

Kuhn Island
Native name:
Kuhn Ø
Depot on Kuhn Island during the German Arctic Expedition of 1869-70
Map of Kuhn Island
Kuhn Island
Location of Kuhn Island in Greenland
EtymologyNamed after the Austro-Hungarian minister of war Franz Kuhn von Kuhnenfeld
Geography
LocationGreenland Sea
Coordinates74°53′N 20°15′W
Area634 km2 (245 sq mi)[1]
Area rank12th largest in Greenland
Highest elevation1,136 m (3727 ft)
Highest pointSchwarze Wand
Administration
Greenland
Unincorporated areaNE Greenland National Park
Demographics
Population0 (2021)
Pop. density0/km2 (0/sq mi)
Ethnic groupsnone

The island was discovered by the Second German North Polar Expedition (1869-1870) and is named after Franz Kuhn von Kuhnenfeld, the Austro-Hungarian minister of war, who was a patron of the expedition's cartographer, Julius von Payer.


Geography


This island lies to the north of Wollaston Foreland, separated from Thomas Thomsen Land in the mainland by a narrow sound, the Fligely Fjord. The Lindeman Fjord has its mouth to the southwest and the Hochstetter Bay of the Greenland Sea lies to the east. The mouths of Ardencaple Fjord and Grandjean Fjord open to the north.

The islands that are located further off the shore in the bay are Shannon Island to the NE and the Pendulum Islands to the SE.[4]

1870 map of the Northern Portion of Eastern Greenland showing coastal islands.
1870 map of the Northern Portion of Eastern Greenland showing coastal islands.
Map of Northeastern Greenland.
Map of Northeastern Greenland.

See also



References


  1. UNEP
  2. Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Greenland" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 12 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 545.
  3. "Freshwater and Marine Image Bank:Depot on Kuhn Island (Link to a potentially free image that might be uploaded)". Archived from the original on 2013-02-17. Retrieved 2020-02-20.
  4. Kuhn Ø

На других языках


[de] Kuhn Ø

Kuhn Ø ist eine unbewohnte grönländische Insel im Nordost-Grönland-Nationalpark.
- [en] Kuhn Island

[it] Kuhn Ø

Kuhn Ø è un'isola disabitata della Groenlandia di 634 km². Prima della riforma del 2008 faceva parte della contea della Groenlandia Orientale. È situata nel Parco nazionale della Groenlandia nordorientale, fuori da qualsiasi comune.



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