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Søren Norby Islands

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Length
  
61 km (37.9 mi)

Highest elevation
  
756 m (2,480 ft)

Population
  
0

Area
  
470.7 km²

Width
  
7.6 km (4.72 mi)

Municipality
  
Sermersooq

Elevation
  
756 m

Søren Norby Islands

Location
  
North Atlantic Ocean Southeastern Greenland

Søren Norby Islands (Danish: Søren Norbyes Øer), 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 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 northern part of the island is also known as Jens Munk Island and the island's broader southern part has an ice cap.

The main island has an area of 470.7 km ² and a shoreline of 185.9 kilometres. Its southernmost point is Cape Lovelorn, projecting from a steep 280 m high headland at the northern limit of Umivik Bay.

References

Søren Norby Islands Wikipedia