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Norske Island

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Location
  
Greenland Sea

Population
  
0

Area
  
186.4 km²

Highest elevation
  
499.8 m (1,639.8 ft)

Elevation
  
500 m

Norske Island

Zone
  
Northeast Greenland National Park

Norske Island, Danish: Norske Ø; meaning 'Norse Island', is an uninhabited island of the Greenland Sea, Greenland.

Contents

Map of Norske %C3%98er, Greenland

Geography

Norske Island lies near Cape Drygalsky off the coast of Lamberts Land, northeastern Greenland, to the southeast of the entrance to the Nioghalvfjerd Fjord of the Nioghalvfjerdsbrae glacier. The Franske Islands lie to the south, and the Achton Friis and Schnauder Islands to the southwest. Cape Nansen is Norske Island's northernmost landhead.

The island has an area of 186.4 km ² and a shoreline of 68.9 kilometres.

References

Norske Island Wikipedia