West Jensen Island

West Jensen Island
Vest Jensens Ø

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°W / 83.033; -41.383Coordinates: 83°2′N 41°23′W / 83.033°N 41.383°W / 83.033; -41.383
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 (3,100 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.

Geography

It is a long island off the western side of the Nansen Land Peninsula on the other side of the Thomas Thomsen Fjord. Its eastern shore forms the western side of Adolf Jensen Fjord, beyond which lies slightly larger East Jensen Island. Smaller Hanne Island 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]

Map of Northern Ellesmere Island and far Northern Greenland.

See also

References

  1. "Hanne Ø". Mapcarta. Retrieved 11 April 2016.
  2. UNEP


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