Geographical Society Island | |
Native Name: | Geografisk Samfund Ø |
Native Name Link: | Danish language |
Nickname: | --> |
Image Map Size: | 270px |
Image Map Caption: | Map of Geographical Society Island |
Pushpin Map: | Greenland |
Pushpin Label: | Geographical Society Island |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Geographical Society Island in Greenland |
Coordinates: | 72.9333°N -28°W |
Etymology: | Named after the Royal Danish Geographical Society |
Location: | Greenland Sea |
Area Km2: | 1717 |
Rank: | 6th largest in Greenland 231st largest in world |
Coastline M: | --> |
Elevation M: | 1730 |
Elevation Footnotes: | [1] |
Highest Mount: | Svedenborg Bjerg |
Country: | Greenland |
Country Admin Divisions Title: | Unincorporated area |
Country Admin Divisions: | NE Greenland National Park |
Country Area M2: | or |
Country Area Ha: | --> |
Population: | 0 |
Population As Of: | 2021 |
Density Km2: | 0 |
Ethnic Groups: | none |
Geographical Society Island is an island off Foster Bay in northeastern Greenland.
The island has an area of 1,717 km2.[2] It is mountainous with Svedenborg Fjeld as the highest point at 1,730 m. To the north lies the mouth of the Kaiser Franz Joseph Fjord with Ymer Island to the NW and smaller Bantekoe Island to the NE in Foster Bay. To the south lies Traill Island, separated by a narrow sound, the Vega Sound. In the west, over King Oscar Fjord lies Ella Island.
From west to east, the rocks constituting the island are sandstone of roughly Devonian, Carboniferous and Cretaceous age, and some smaller areas with Triassic and Jurassic sandstone.[3]