Ymer Island (Danish: Ymer Ø) is an island in northeastern Greenland. The island is a part of Northeast Greenland National Park.
Native name: Ymer Ø | |
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3.jpg) View of Ymer Island with ice floes in the foreground. | |
 Map of Ymer Island | |
  Ymer Island Location of Ymer Island in Greenland | |
| Etymology | Named after the mythical Norse giant Ymir |
| Geography | |
| Location | Greenland Sea |
| Coordinates | 73°09′N 24°20′W / 73.150°N 24.333°W |
| Area | 2,437 km2 (941 sq mi) |
| Area rank | 5th largest in Greenland 184th largest in world |
| Length | 91 km (56.5 mi) |
| Width | 36 km (22.4 mi) |
| Highest elevation | 1,900 m (6200 ft)[1] |
| Highest point | Angelin Bjerg |
| Administration | |
| Unincorporated area | NE Greenland National Park |
| Demographics | |
| Population | 0 (2021) |
| Pop. density | 0/km2 (0/sq mi) |
| Ethnic groups | none |
Ymer Island is named after the Swedish geographical journal Ymer, which published many accounts of Swedish expeditions to Spitsbergen and Greenland.[2] The journal had been named after the giant Ymir, the forefather of the Jotuns in Norse mythology.
Geography
editThe island lies on the southern side of the entrance of Kaiser Franz Joseph Fjord, with the Antarctic Sound separating it from the Suess Land Peninsula. Ymer Island's northern half forms a peninsula named Gunnar Anderson Land having its narrow isthmus in the west. The fjord between the two halves of the island is named Dusen Fjord.
Ymer Island has an area of 2,437 km2.[3] It is mountainous; Angelin Bjerg, its highest peak, reaches a height of 1900 m. Celsius Bjerg is located at the southeastern end of the island.[4]
The conspicuous Devil's Castle (Teufelsschloss) is located on the other side of Kaiser Franz Joseph Fjord, off the southern shore of Cape Petersens, the NW extremity of Ymer Island.[5]
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See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Angelin Bjerg - Peakbagger.com
- ^ Catalogue of place names in northern East Greenland, Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland
- ^ UNEP
- ^ Celsius Bjerg - Mapcarta
- ^ Prostar Sailing Directions 2005 Greenland and Iceland Enroute, p. 120
External links
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Media related to Ymer Island at Wikimedia Commons
