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Lynn Island (Danish: Lynn Ø) is an uninhabited island of the Greenland Sea, Greenland.

Lynn Island

Lynn Ø
Lynn Island
Geography
Location	Greenland Sea
Coordinates	80.12°N 19.22°W / 80.12; -19.22
Area	230.9 km2 (89.2 sq mi)
Administration
Greenland
Zone	Northeast Greenland National Park
Demographics
Population	0

History

The island was surveyed and named by the Danmark Expedition to the North-East Coast of Greenland 1906–1908.[1] Expedition member Christian B. Thostrup recorded that it was named after a British shipping company based at Bridgeness.[2]

Geography

Lynn Island is a coastal island located west of the southward bend of the Dijmphna Sound with the Hekla Sound on its northern and western shore. It lies to the west of much larger Hovgaard Island and to the south of the Holm Land Peninsula.[3] The island has an area of 230.9 km² (89.2 sq mi) and has a shoreline of 65.7 km (40.8 mi).[4]

See also

• List of islands of Greenland

References

На других языках

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- [en] Lynn Island

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[it] Lynn Ø

Lynn Ø è un'isola disabitata della Groenlandia di 231 km². Prima della riforma municipale groenlandese faceva parte della contea della Groenlandia Orientale. È situata a l'ovest de Hovgaard Ø, isola più grande, nel Parco nazionale della Groenlandia nordorientale, fuori da qualsiasi comune.

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