Store Koldewey

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Big Koldewey Island
Native name:
Store Koldewey
Store Koldewey
Map of Store Koldewey
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Store Koldewey
Location of Hovgaard Island in Greenland
EtymologyNamed after polar explorer Carl Koldewey
Geography
Location Greenland Sea
Coordinates 76°22′N18°51′W / 76.367°N 18.850°W / 76.367; -18.850
ArchipelagoKoldewey Islands
Adjacent to Dove Bay
Area654 km2 (253 sq mi)
Area rank 15th largest in Greenland
Length65 km (40.4 mi)
Width10 km (6 mi)
Highest elevation971 m (3186 ft)
Highest point Mount Saint Petersburg
Administration
Unincorporated area NE Greenland National Park
Demographics
Population0 (2021)
Pop. density0/km2 (0/sq mi)
Ethnic groupsnone

Store Koldewey, meaning 'Big Koldewey', is the largest of the Koldewey Islands in King Frederick VIII Land, northeastern Greenland.

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History

The island was visited by the Second German North Polar Expedition 1869–70, led by Carl Koldewey and referred to as Grosse Koldewey Insel in the astronomy section of the expedition report, but this may not have been intended as a formal name.

The present island was shown on Koldewey's maps as three islands. However, the 1906–08 Danmark Expedition showed them to be connected and called the island Store Koldewey. Lille Koldewey is a smaller island to the northeast of its northern end.

Geography

Store Koldewey is the largest of the Koldewey Islands. It is a long and narrow island separating the Dove Bay to the west from the Greenland Sea. Between the island and the mainland —the Germanialand Peninsula— in the north there is a narrow sound and Lille Koldewey (Little Koldewey), a small double island, as well as some rocks. [1] The southernmost headland of the island is Cape Alf Trolle. [2]

1870 map of the Northern Portion of Eastern Greenland showing coastal islands FMIB 43851 Chart of the Northern Portion of East-Greenland, Surveyed on the Sledge Journey from 24th March to 27th April 1870.jpeg
1870 map of the Northern Portion of Eastern Greenland showing coastal islands
Map of Northeastern Greenland section. Germania Land - crop of Operational Navigation Chart B-9, 1st edition.jpg
Map of Northeastern Greenland section.

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References

  1. ↑ Store Koldewey
  2. ↑ Prostar Sailing Directions 2005 Greenland and Iceland Enroute, p. 125


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