Borup Island (Danish: Borup Ø),[1] also known as West Jensen Island, is an uninhabited island of the Lincoln Sea in Peary Land, far northern Greenland.

Borup Island
Borup Ø
Satellite image of the northern end of Greenland
Map
Map of Borup Island
Borup Island is located in Greenland
Borup Island
Borup Island
Location of Borup Island in Greenland
Geography
LocationLincoln Sea
Coordinates83°2′N 41°23′W / 83.033°N 41.383°W / 83.033; -41.383
Area183 km2 (71 sq mi)
Length30 km (19 mi)
Width7 km (4.3 mi)
Coastline68.2 km (42.38 mi)
Highest elevation945 m (3100 ft)
Administration
ZoneNortheast Greenland National Park
Demographics
Population0

The island was formerly named after Danish zoologist Adolf Severin Jensen (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

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It is a long island off the western side of the Nansen Land Peninsula on the other side of the Thomas Thomsen Fjord, part of the De Long Fjord system. Its eastern shore forms the western side of Adolf Jensen Fjord (Qajuutaq) [1] beyond which lies slightly larger MacMillan Island. Smaller Hanne Island lies 3 km to the north.[2] East Jensen Island has an area of 161.4 km2 (62.3 sq mi) and a shoreline of 68.2 km (42.4 mi).[3]

 
Map of Northern Ellesmere Island and far Northern Greenland.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b Nunat Aqqi; Stednavne
  2. ^ "Hanne Ø". Mapcarta. Retrieved 11 April 2016.
  3. ^ UNEP