Kuhn Island should not be confused with Kuhn Island (Franz Josef Land).
| Kuhn Island | |
| Native Name: | Kuhn Ø |
| Native Name Link: | Danish language |
| Image Map Size: | 270px |
| Image Map Caption: | Map of Kuhn Island |
| Pushpin Map: | Greenland |
| Pushpin Label: | Kuhn Island |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Kuhn Island in Greenland |
| Coordinates: | 74.8833°N -35°W |
| Etymology: | Named after the Austro-Hungarian minister of war Franz Kuhn von Kuhnenfeld |
| Location: | Greenland Sea |
| Area Km2: | 634 |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Rank: | 12th largest in Greenland |
| Coastline M: | --> |
| Elevation M: | 1136 |
| Highest Mount: | Schwarze Wand |
| Country: | Greenland |
| Country Admin Divisions Title: | Unincorporated area |
| Country Admin Divisions: | Northeast Greenland National Park |
| Country Area M2: | or |
| Country Area Ha: | --> |
| Population: | 0 |
| Population As Of: | 2021 |
| Density Km2: | 0 |
| Ethnic Groups: | none |
Kuhn Island (da|Kuhn Ø) is a coastal island in Hochstetter Bay, eastern Greenland. There are coal deposits on the island.[2] [3]
The island was discovered by the Second German North Polar Expedition (1869-1870) and is named after Franz Kuhn von Kuhnenfeld, the Austro-Hungarian minister of war, who was a patron of the expedition's cartographer, Julius von Payer.
This island lies to the north of Wollaston Foreland, separated from Thomas Thomsen Land in the mainland by a narrow sound, the Fligely Fjord. The Lindeman Fjord has its mouth to the southwest and the Hochstetter Bay of the Greenland Sea lies to the east. The mouths of Ardencaple Fjord and Grandjean Fjord open to the north.
The islands that are located further off the shore in the bay are Shannon Island to the NE and the Pendulum Islands to the SE.[4]