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Île-de-France is an uninhabited island of the Greenland Sea, Greenland. The island has an area of 246.1 km ² and a shoreline of 71.9 kilometres.[1] It lies off the southern part of Jokel Bay and southeast of the Danske Islands.[2]

Île-de-France
Qeqertaq Prins Henrik
Île-de-France
Geography
LocationGreenland Sea
Coordinates77°46′N 17°53′W
Area246.1 km2 (95.0 sq mi)
Administration
Greenland
ZoneNortheast Greenland National Park
Demographics
Population0

Skaer Fjord is located southwest of Île-de-France's southern end. It is a broad fjord or bay with several arms extending westwards from it.[3]


History


This island was named in 1905 by the Duke of Orléans during his Duke of Orléans Arctic Expedition when he explored parts of the northeastern coast of Greenland on ship Belgica.[4][5]


See also



References


  1. UNEP
  2. Place names, NE Greenland
  3. "Skaerfjorden". Mapcarta. Retrieved 19 May 2019.
  4. Barr, William (2010). "The Arctic voyages of Louis-Philippe-Robert, Duc d'Orléans". Polar Record. 46 (1): 21–43. doi:10.1017/S0032247409008377. S2CID 129100092.
  5. Catalogue of place names in northern East Greenland, Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland



На других языках


- [en] Île-de-France (Greenland)

[fr] Île de France (Groenland)

L'île de France est une île inhabitée du Groenland, située sur sa côte est, dans la mer du Groenland.

[it] Île de France (Groenlandia)

Île de France è un'isola disabitata della Groenlandia di 246 km². Si trova a 77°47'N 17°53'O; è situata nel Parco nazionale della Groenlandia nordorientale, fuori da qualsiasi comune.



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