Bjorne Island

For the island group in Scoresby Sound, see Bjorne Islands. For the island named "Bjørneøen" in Danish, see Bear Island (Norway).
Bjorne Island
Bjørneø
View of Bjorne Island.
Bjorne Island is located in Greenland
Bjorne Island
Bjorne Island
Geography
LocationGeologfjord
Kaiser Franz Joseph Fjord
Coordinates73°33′N 24°43′W / 73.550°N 24.717°W / 73.550; -24.717
Major islands1
Area28 ha (69 acres)
Length0.6 km (0.37 mi)
Width0.5 km (0.31 mi)
Administration
ZoneNortheast Greenland National Park
Demographics
Population0

Bjorne Island, Danish: Bjørneø, meaning 'Bear Island', is an island in NE Greenland. Administratively it belongs to the Northeast Greenland National Park.

It is the only island in the inner Kaiser Franz Joseph Fjord system.[1]

History

This island was first mapped and named Björnön by Alfred Gabriel Nathorst in 1899 during the Swedish Greenland Expedition in search of survivors of S. A. Andrée's Arctic balloon expedition of 1897.[2]

Geography

Bjorne Island is located in the middle of Geologfjord about 5 km (3.1 mi) from its mouth.[3] It is a rocky islet, rising north of Cape Weber, the easternmost end of Andrée Land.[4] The island is about 0.5 km (0.31 mi) in length.[1]

Map of Northeastern Greenland.

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Google Earth
  2. ^ Place names, NE Greenland
  3. ^ Prostar Sailing Directions 2005 Greenland and Iceland Enroute, p. 120
  4. ^ "Bjørneø". Mapcarta. Retrieved 25 July 2019.


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