Nares Land

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Nares Land
Nares Land
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Nares Land
Location of Nares Land in Greenland
EtymologyNamed after Polar explorer Sir George Nares
Geography
Location Lincoln Sea
Coordinates 82°25′00″N46°00′00″W / 82.4167°N 46°W / 82.4167; -46 Coordinates: 82°25′00″N46°00′00″W / 82.4167°N 46°W / 82.4167; -46
Area1,466 km2 (566 sq mi)
Area rank 8th largest in Greenland
259th largest in world
Coastline192.4 km (119.55 mi)
Highest elevation1,067 m (3501 ft)
Administration
Unincorporated area NE Greenland National Park
Demographics
Population0 (2021)
Pop. density0/km2 (0/sq mi)
Ethnic groupsnone

Nares Land or Naresland is an island in far northern Greenland. The island is named after Polar explorer Sir George Nares.

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Geography

The island lies between the Victoria Fjord and the Nordenskjöld Fjord separated from the Freuchen Land Peninsula of the mainland by a narrow sound. Stephenson Island and John Murray Island lie off its northern end. Nares Land is fairly large, with an area of 1,466 square kilometres (566 square miles) and a shoreline of 192.4 kilometres (119.6 miles). [1] It is 75 kilometres (47 miles) long and up to 30 kilometres (19 miles) wide in its widest place. It has an average elevation of 161 metres (528 feet) and its highest point is 1,067 metres (3,501 feet). [2]

The area where the island lies has a severe Polar climate and was formerly part of Avannaa, originally Nordgrønland ("North Greenland"), a former county of Greenland until 31 December 2008. [3] The sea around the island is frozen practically the whole year round.

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Map of Northeastern Greenland.

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References

  1. UNEP
  2. Nares Land
  3. Compiled by Per Ivar Haug (August 2005). Ingar Lomheim (ed.). "Islands". Gazetteer of Greenland. UBiT, Universitetsbiblioteket i Trondheim "University Library in Trondheim" (15). ISBN   82-7113-114-1. ISSN   1502-0800. Archived from the original on 2011-06-15.