Île-de-France (Greenland)

For other similarly named places and islands, see Île-de-France (disambiguation).

Île-de-France

Qeqertaq Prins Henrik
Île-de-France
Geography
Location	Greenland Sea
Coordinates	77°43′N 17°45′W
Area	246.1 km^2 (95.0 sq mi)
Administration
Greenland
Zone	Northeast Greenland National Park
Demographics
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

• List of islands of Greenland

References

1. UNEP
2. Place names, NE Greenland
3. "Skaerfjorden". Mapcarta. Retrieved 19 May 2019.
4. Barr, William (2010). "The Arctic voyages of Louis-Philippe-Robert, Duc d'Orléans". Polar Record. 46 (1): 21–43. doi:10.1017/S0032247409008377. S2CID 129100092.
5. Catalogue of place names in northern East Greenland, Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland