Milne Land or Milneland is a large island in eastern
Greenland
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. It is the third largest island of Greenland, after the main island of Greenland and
Disko Island
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admiral
David Milne.
This island is popular among
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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 archipelago
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, which includes Storo
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and Sorte Island in the Northwest, Denmark Island
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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
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in the northeast. Cape Leslie
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is Milneland's southeastern headland.
Milne Land is separated from the Renland
Renland is a peninsula in eastern Greenland. It is a part of the Sermersooq municipality. Despite its proximity to the coast Renland has an ice cap climate with bitterly cold winters and very low maximum temperatures in the summer.
Renland was na ...
peninsula in the north by the 6 to wide Ofjord
Ofjord ( kl, Ikaasakajik; da, Øfjord, meaning 'Island Fjord') is a fjord in King Christian X Land, eastern Greenland.
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, from the Gaaseland peninsula in the south by the 4 to wide Fonfjord
Fonfjord ( kl, Ujuaakajiip Kangertiva; da, Fønfjord, meaning 'Foehn Fjord') is a fjord in King Christian X Land, eastern Greenland.
This fjord is part of the Scoresby Sound system.''Prostar Sailing Directions 2005 Greenland and Iceland Enroute'' ...
, and from the mainland coast in the west by the 4 to wide Rode Fjord
Rode Fjord ( da, Røde Fjord, meaning 'Red Fjord') is a fjord in King Christian X Land, eastern Greenland.
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.
Jameson Land
Jameson Land is a peninsula in eastern Greenland.
Geography
Jameson Land is bounded to the southwest by Scoresby Sound (the world's largest fjord), to the northwest by the Stauning Alps, to the north by Scoresby Land, to the northeast by the Fle ...
, 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 of ...
on its southern coast, is located more than away across the Scoresby Sound
Scoresby Sound (Danish: ''Scoresby Sund'', Greenlandic language, Greenlandic: ''Kangertittivaq'') is a large fjord system of the Greenland Sea on the eastern coast of Greenland. It has a tree-like structure, with a main body approximately .
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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
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*Constable Point
Nerlerit Inaat Airport ( kl, Mittarfik Nerlerit Inaat, da, Constable Pynt Lufthavn) is an airport in the Sermersooq municipality in eastern Greenland. It is located on Jameson Land and serves the town of Ittoqqortoormiit, approximately to the ...
, the nearest airport.
*Liverpool Land
Liverpool Land is a peninsula in eastern Greenland.
Geography
The peninsula is bounded by Scoresby Sund in the south, Carlsberg Fjord in the northwest, '' Kangerterajiva'' (Hurry Inlet) in the southwest, the Greenland Sea in the east, and James ...
*Renland
Renland is a peninsula in eastern Greenland. It is a part of the Sermersooq municipality. Despite its proximity to the coast Renland has an ice cap climate with bitterly cold winters and very low maximum temperatures in the summer.
Renland was na ...
*Scoresby Sound
Scoresby Sound (Danish: ''Scoresby Sund'', Greenlandic language, Greenlandic: ''Kangertittivaq'') is a large fjord system of the Greenland Sea on the eastern coast of Greenland. It has a tree-like structure, with a main body approximately
References
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The spectacular east face of Grundtvigskirchen
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Uninhabited islands of Greenland
Scoresby Sound