Lindhard Island
Lindhards Ø | |
|---|---|
  Lindhard Island | |
| Geography | |
| Location | Greenland Sea |
| Coordinates | 76°31′N 22°08′W / 76.51°N 22.14°WCoordinates: 76°31′N 22°08′W / 76.51°N 22.14°W |
| Area | 263.3 km2 (101.7 sq mi) |
| Length | 24 km (14.9 mi) |
| Width | 16 km (9.9 mi) |
| Coastline | 115.5 km (71.77 mi) |
| Highest elevation | 417 m (1368 ft) |
| Administration | |
| Zone | Northeast Greenland National Park |
| Demographics | |
| Population | 0 |
Lindhard Island (Danish: Lindhard Ø)[1] is an uninhabited island of NE Greenland.
Geography[]
The island lies at the western edge of Dove Bay, east of the Bredebrae, the broad glacier producing masses of large icebergs, at the head of to the north of the island. The Bredebrae is formed by the confluence of two large glaciers east of Queen Louise Land, the Storstrommen flowing from the north and the from the south.[2] The island has an area of 263.3 km ² and a shoreline of 115.5 kilometres.[3]
Lindhard Island was visited and explored on March 26, 1913, by the led by J.P. Koch.[4] The narrow Kavaler Fjord 76°32′N 22°00′W / 76.533°N 22.000°W in the northern part of the island almost divides Lindhard Island in two. Kavaler Fjord was discovered and named by J.P. Koch's 1912–13 Danish Expedition.[2] Kavaler Fjord was named after the most stubborn of the expedition's horses, Kavaler, on their visit to the island on March 26, 1913.[4] Vigfús states that at that time the island had not been visited and was therefore inaccurately placed on the map.[4] Earlier during the expedition, they had named Bag Fjord,[2] which is Danish for Back Fjord, so named because it appeared from back of the island.[4] Bag Fjord is formed between the Bredebræ glacier and the north-west corner of Lindhard Island, 76°37′N 22°16′W / 76.617°N 22.267°W.
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See also[]
References[]
- ^ "Lindhard Ø". Mapcarta. Retrieved 21 April 2016.
- ^ a b c Higgins, Anthony K. (2010-12-21), "Exploration history and place names of northern East Greenland" (PDF), Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland Bulletin, Copenhagen, Denmark: Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland (GEUS), 21: 1–368, ISSN 1604-8156, retrieved 2019-12-01
- ^ UNEP
- ^ a b c d Sigurðsson, Vigfús (1948), Um þvert Grænland, 1912-1913 (in Icelandic), Reykjavík, Iceland: Ársæll Árnason, pp. 1–242
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