Île-de-France (Greenland) explained

Île-de-France
Local Name:Qeqertaq Prins Henrik
Map:Greenland
Location:Greenland Sea
Coordinates:77.7167°N -62°W
Area Km2:246.1
Country:Greenland
Country Admin Divisions Title:Zone
Country Admin Divisions:Northeast Greenland National Park
Population:0

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]

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

Notes and References

  1. http://islands.unep.ch/ITP.htm UNEP
  2. https://data.geus.dk/geusmap/?mapname=stednavnedb#baslay=baseMapGl&optlay=&extent=549832.8357720698,8582739.868248867,622444.3190166993,8680765.370629115&layers=grl_geus_north_east_higgins_map,grl_ne_higgins_placenames,grl_ne_placenames&filter_1=txt_search.part%3D%26placename%3D&filter_2=txt_search.part%3D%26placename%3D Place names, NE Greenland
  3. Web site: Skaerfjorden. Mapcarta. 19 May 2019.
  4. . William . The Arctic voyages of Louis-Philippe-Robert, Duc d'Orléans . Polar Record . 2010 . 46 . 1 . 21–43 . 10.1017/S0032247409008377. 129100092.
  5. Catalogue of place names in northern East Greenland, Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland