West Jensen Island
Vest Jensens Ø | |
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 Satellite image of the northern end of Greenland | |
  West Jensen Island West Jensen Island (Greenland) | |
| Geography | |
| Location | Lincoln Sea |
| Coordinates | 83°2′N 41°23′W / 83.033°N 41.383°WCoordinates: 83°2′N 41°23′W / 83.033°N 41.383°W |
| Area | 161.4 km2 (62.3 sq mi) |
| Length | 30 km (19 mi) |
| Width | 7 km (4.3 mi) |
| Coastline | 68.2 km (42.38 mi) |
| Highest elevation | 944.88 m (3100 ft) |
| Administration | |
| Zone | Northeast Greenland National Park |
| Demographics | |
| Population | 0 |
West Jensen Island (Danish: Vest Jensens Ø) is an uninhabited island of the Lincoln Sea in Peary Land, far northern Greenland.
The island was named after Danish zoologist (1866 - 1953), professor at the University of Copenhagen, who had carried out extensive research on the fisheries of West Greenland, and who was a member of the committee of the 1931–34 Three-year Expedition (Treårsekspeditionen)
Geography[]
It is a long island off the western side of the Nansen Land Peninsula on the other side of the , part of the De Long Fjord system. Its eastern shore forms the western side of , beyond which lies slightly larger East Jensen Island. Smaller lies 3 km to the north.[1] East Jensen Island has an area of 161.4 km2 (62.3 sq mi) and a shoreline of 68.2 km (42.4 mi).[2]
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