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Princess Thyra Island (Danish: Prinsesse Thyra Ø) is an uninhabited island of the Wandel Sea, Greenland. The island is within King Frederick VIII Land in the Northeast Greenland National Park.[1] The island was named after Princess Thyra of Denmark.

Princess Thyra Island
Prinsesse Thyra Ø
Satellite image of the northern end of Greenland including Princess Thyra Island
Princess Thyra Island
Geography
LocationWandel Sea
Coordinates81°57′N 21°15′W
Area295 km2 (114 sq mi)
Length36 km (22.4 mi)
Width8 km (5 mi)
Highest elevation76 m (249 ft)
Administration
Denmark
ZoneNE Greenland National Park
Demographics
Population0

Geography


This island is located east of Princess Margaret Island, to the northwest of Princess Dagmar Island close to the coast of far northeastern Greenland, in a bay of the Wandel Sea at the confluence of Denmark Sound and Independence Sound.[2]

The island has an area of 294.8 km ² and a shoreline of 85.7 kilometres.[3] It was formerly part of Avannaa, originally Nordgrønland ("North Greenland"), one of the counties of Greenland until 31 December 2008.

Map of Far Northeastern Greenland.
Map of Far Northeastern Greenland.
1911 map of NE Greenland showing Princess Thyra Island, but not Princess Dagmar Island.
1911 map of NE Greenland showing Princess Thyra Island, but not Princess Dagmar Island.

See also



References


  1. Compiled by Per Ivar Haug (August 2005). Ingar Lomheim (ed.). "Islands". Gazetteer of Greenland. UBiT, Universitetsbiblioteket i Trondheim "University Library in Trondheim" (15). ISBN 82-7113-114-1. ISSN 1502-0800. Archived from the original on 2011-06-15.
  2. Prinsesse Thyra Ø
  3. UNEP


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На других языках

- [en] Princess Thyra Island

[fr] Île de la Princesse-Thyra

L'île de la Princesse-Thyra (danois : Prinsesse Thyra Ø) est une île inhabitée de la mer de Wandel située en Terre du Roi-Frédéric-VIII au sein du parc national du Nord-Est du Groenland[1]. Elle est nommée en l'honneur de la princesse Thyra de Danemark.

[it] Prinsesse Thyra Ø

Prinsesse Thyra Ø è un'isola disabitata della Groenlandia di 295 km². Prima della riforma municipale groenlandese faceva parte della contea della Groenlandia Settentrionale. È situata nel Parco nazionale della Groenlandia nordorientale, fuori da qualsiasi comune.


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