Store Koldewey, meaning 'Big Koldewey', is the largest of the Koldewey Islands in
King Frederick VIII Land
King Frederik VIII Land (; ) is a major geographic division of northeastern Greenland. It extends above the Arctic Circle from 76°N to 81°N in a North-South direction along the coast of the Greenland Sea.
History
This vast desolate region ...
, northeastern
Greenland
Greenland is an autonomous territory in the Danish Realm, Kingdom of Denmark. It is by far the largest geographically of three constituent parts of the kingdom; the other two are metropolitan Denmark and the Faroe Islands. Citizens of Greenlan ...
.
History
The island was visited by the Second
German North Polar Expedition 1869–70, led by
Carl Koldewey
Carl Christian Koldewey (26 October 1837 – 17 May 1908) was a German Arctic explorer. He led both German North Polar Expeditions.
Life and career
Koldewey was the son of merchant Johann Christian Koldewey and his wife Wilhelmine Meyer. Koldew ...
and referred to as ''Grosse Koldewey Insel'' in the astronomy section of the expedition report, but this may not have been intended as a formal name.
The present island was shown on Koldewey's maps as three islands. However, the 1906–08
Danmark Expedition
The Denmark expedition (), also known as the Denmark Expedition to Greenland's Northeast Coast and the Danmark Expedition after the ship's name, was an expedition to northeastern Greenland in 1906–1908.
Despite being overshadowed by the dea ...
showed them to be connected and called the island Store Koldewey. Lille Koldewey is a smaller island to the northeast of its northern end.
Geography
Store Koldewey is the largest of the ''Koldewey Islands''. It is a long and narrow island separating the
Dove Bay
Dove Bay () is a bay in King Frederick VIII Land, northeastern Greenland. It is part of the Northeast Greenland National Park area.
Etymology
Dove bay is said to have been the legendary ''Breidifjòrdr'' of the Sagas of Icelanders.
It was named ...
to the west from the
Greenland Sea
The Greenland Sea ( Danish: ''Grønlandshavet'') is a body of water that borders Greenland to the west, the Svalbard archipelago to the east, Fram Strait and the Arctic Ocean to the north, and the Norwegian Sea and Iceland to the south. The Gre ...
. Between the island and the mainland —the
Germanialand Peninsula— in the north there is a narrow sound and
Lille Koldewey (''Little Koldewey''), a small double island, as well as some rocks.
Store Koldewey
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The southernmost headland of the island is Cape Alf Trolle.[''Prostar Sailing Directions 2005 Greenland and Iceland Enroute'', p. 125]
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 Indo-European languages, European language name.
Islands and archipelagoes
*Aaluik
*Aasiaat
*Achton Friis Is ...
References
Uninhabited islands of Greenland
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