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Milne Land or Milneland is a large island in eastern
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. It is the third largest island of Greenland, after the main island of Greenland and
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admiral David Milne. This island is popular among climbers.Eventyr, Milne Land, Pt. 1,295m, North Pillar
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Geography

The island is long from Moraene Point in the southwest to Bregne Point in the northeast, up to wide, and in area. It is part of an
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, which includes
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and Sorte Island in the Northwest, Denmark Island in the south, and the
Bjorne Islands Bjorne Islands, da, Bjørne Øer; kl, Nannut Qeqertaat) meaning 'Bear Islands', is an island group in the Scoresby Sound, NE Greenland. The islands are uninhabited. Administratively they belong to the Sermersooq municipality. History This isla ...
in the northeast. Cape Leslie is Milneland's southeastern headland. Milne Land is separated from the Renland peninsula in the north by the 6 to wide Ofjord, from the Gaaseland peninsula in the south by the 4 to wide Fonfjord, and from the mainland coast in the west by the 4 to wide Rode Fjord. Jameson Land , the large peninsula in the east with the settlement of
Ittoqqortoormiit Ittoqqortoormiit (East Greenlandic: ; West Greenlandic: ''Illoqqortoormiut'' ), formerly known as Scoresbysund, is a settlement in the Sermersooq municipality in eastern Greenland. Its population was 345 as of 2020 and has been described as one o ...
on its southern coast, is located more than away across the Scoresby Sound.


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See also

*
List of islands of Greenland The following is an alphabetical list of the islands of Greenland. Many of these islands have both a Kalaallisut language name and a European language name. Islands and archipelagoes * Aaluik *Aasiaat Archipelago *Achton Friis Islands * Ag ...
* Constable Point, the nearest airport. * Liverpool Land * Renland * Scoresby Sound


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The spectacular east face of Grundtvigskirchen
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