Edward Island Explained

Edward Island
Local Name:Edvard Ø
Map:Greenland
Map Relief:1
Location:Greenland Sea
Coordinates:76.6167°N -41°W
Area Km2:115.8
Length Km:14.4
Width Km:8.6
Coastline Km:53.5
Elevation M:231
Country:Greenland
Country Admin Divisions Title:Zone
Country Admin Divisions:Northeast Greenland National Park
Population:0

Edward Island (Danish: Edvard Ø)[1] is an uninhabited island of the Greenland Sea, Greenland. The island is unglaciated.

Geography

Edward Island is a coastal island located east of Queen Louise Land, off Cape Stop, east of Borg Fjord and north of Godfred Hansen Island in the Dove Bay, northeastern Greenland.[2] The island has an area of 115.8km2 and a shoreline of 53.5km (33.2miles).[3]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Edvard Ø. Mapcarta. 10 April 2016.
  2. Prostar Sailing Directions 2005 Greenland and Iceland Enroute, p. 126
  3. http://islands.unep.ch/ITP.htm UNEP