Princess Thyra Island Explained

Princess Thyra Island
Native Name:Prinsesse Thyra Ø
Native Name Link:Danish language
Native Name Lang:Danish
Nickname:-->
Image Map Caption:Map of Princess Thyra Island
Pushpin Map:Greenland
Pushpin Label:Princess Thyra Island
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of Princess Thyra Island in Greenland
Coordinates:82°N -34°W
Etymology:named after Princess Thyra of Denmark
Waterbody:Wandel Sea
Area Km2:313
Rank:22nt largest in Greenland
Length Km:36
Width Km:28
Coastline M:-->
Elevation M:76
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:2022
Density Km2:0
Ethnic Groups:none

Princess Thyra Island (Danish: Prinsesse Thyra Ø) is an uninhabited island of the Wandel Sea, Greenland. The island is within King Frederick VIII Land in the Northeast Greenland National Park.[1] The island was named after Princess Thyra of Denmark.

Geography

This island is located east of Princess Margaret Island, to the northwest of Princess Dagmar Island close to the coast of far northeastern Greenland, in a bay of the Wandel Sea at the confluence of Denmark Sound and Independence Sound.[2]

The island has an area of 313 km ² and a shoreline of 85.7 kilometres. It was formerly part of Avannaa, originally Nordgrønland ("North Greenland"), one of the counties of Greenland until 31 December 2008.

See also

Notes and References

  1. Compiled by Per Ivar Haug . Ingar Lomheim . Islands . Gazetteer of Greenland . 15 . August 2005 . UBiT, Universitetsbiblioteket i Trondheim "University Library in Trondheim" . 1502-0800 . 82-7113-114-1 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110615162130/http://www.ntnu.no/ub/formidl/utgivelser/til_opplysning/to_nr15.php#umeny7 . 2011-06-15 .
  2. http://mapcarta.com/19187700 Prinsesse Thyra Ø