Dannebrog Island

Dannebrog Island
Dannebrogsø
Dannebrog Island
Geography
Location North Atlantic Ocean
Southern Greenland
Coordinates 65°19′N 39°35′W / 65.317°N 39.583°W / 65.317; -39.583Coordinates: 65°19′N 39°35′W / 65.317°N 39.583°W / 65.317; -39.583
Archipelago Graah Archipelago
Length 16 km (9.9 mi)
Width 5.5 km (3.42 mi)
Highest elevation 430 m (1,410 ft)
Administration
Greenland
Municipality Sermersooq
Demographics
Population 0

Dannebrog Island (Danish: Dannebrogsø) is an uninhabited island of the King Christian IX Land coast, Sermersooq municipality, southern Greenland. The island was named by officer of the Danish Navy Wilhelm August Graah.[1]

Geography

Dannebrog Island is located on the southern side of the entrance of the Ikertivaq, a bay north of the Pikiulleq Bay. Suunikajik Island lies 18 km to the NE, at the other side of the sound. Its highest point is a 430 metres (1,411 feet) high summit topped by an ice cap.[2]

It is separated from the mainland in the north by the Timmiarmiit Tunorqútariât, a narrow sound. Dannebrog is the largest island of the Graah Archipelago. Off its southern shoreline lies the island of Ittit and off the western end the mainland and the island of Simîtakajâ.[2]

The island's coastline is irregular with bays in the north and the west, as well as an inlet on its eastern side between two peninsulas. There is a cairn standing at a height of 217 m on the northern peninsula of the eastern side of Dannebrog Island.[3]

Map of Greenland section.

See also

Bibliography

  • Graah, W. A. (2014). Narrative of an Expedition to the East Coast of Greenland. weitsuechtig. ISBN 3943850528.

References

  1. ↑ Graah, p. 102
  2. 1 2 "Dannebrogsø". Mapcarta. Retrieved 24 April 2016.
  3. ↑ Prostar Sailing Directions 2005 Greenland and Iceland Enroute, p. 103


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