Søren Norby Islands Explained

Søren Norby Islands
Local Name:Søren Norbyes Øer
Map:Greenland
Location:North Atlantic Ocean
Southeastern Greenland
Coordinates:64.5667°N -60°W
Area Km2:470.7
Length Km:61
Width Km:7.6
Elevation M:756
Country:Greenland
Country Admin Divisions Title:Municipality
Country Admin Divisions:Sermersooq
Population:0

Søren Norby Islands (Danish: Søren Norbyes Øer),[1] named after Søren Norby, is an uninhabited archipelago close to the shores of Eastern Greenland. Administratively it is part of the Sermersooq municipality.

Geography

The archipelago is located on the southern side of Pikiulleq Bay. It includes a long coastal island and a great number of offshore islets and rocks, the largest of which is Pros Mund Island.

The main island, Jens Munk Island is located north of the Fridtjof Nansen Peninsula, separated from the mainland by a 45 km long sound named Kagssortoq (Kattertooq), which has a width ranging between 0.7 and 6.5 km. The southern part of the island has an ice cap.

Jens Munk Island has an area of 470.7 km2 and a shoreline of 185.9 kilometres.[2] Its southernmost point is Cape Lovelorn, projecting from a steep 280 m high headland at the northern limit of Umivik Bay.[3]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Søren Norbyes Øer. Mapcarta. 11 April 2016.
  2. http://islands.unep.ch/ITP.htm UNEP
  3. Prostar Sailing Directions 2005 Greenland and Iceland Enroute, p. 103