Princess Thyra Island
| Prinsesse Thyra Ø | |
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 Princess Thyra Island (Greenland)
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| Geography | |
| Location | Wandel Sea |
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| Area | Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1851: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). |
| Length | 36 km (22.4 mi) |
| Width | 8 km (5 mi) |
| Highest elevation | 76 m (249 ft) |
| Country | |
| Zone | NE Greenland National Park |
| Demographics | |
| Population | 0 |
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 294.8 km ² and a shoreline of 85.7 kilometres.[3] It was formerly part of Avannaa, originally Nordgrønland ("North Greenland"), one of the counties of Greenland until 31 December 2008.
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File:North Greenland section-txu-pclmaps-oclc-8322829 a 1.jpg
Map of Far Northeastern Greenland.
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File:Karte Nordostgrönland Koch 1911.png
1911 map of NE Greenland showing Princess Thyra Island, but not Princess Dagmar Island.
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See also
References
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- ↑ Prinsesse Thyra Ø
- ↑ UNEP
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