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Lynn Island

Coordinates: 80°07′N 19°13′W / 80.12°N 19.22°W / 80.12; -19.22
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Lynn Island
Lynn Ø
Lynn Island is located in Greenland
Lynn Island
Lynn Island
Geography
LocationGreenland Sea
Coordinates80°07′N 19°13′W / 80.12°N 19.22°W / 80.12; -19.22
Area230.9 km2 (89.2 sq mi)
Administration
ZoneNortheast Greenland National Park
Demographics
Population0

Lynn Island (Danish: Lynn Ø) is an uninhabited island of the Greenland Sea, Greenland.

History

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The island was surveyed and named by the Danmark Expedition to the North-East Coast of Greenland 1906–1908.[1] Expedition member Christian B. Thostrup recorded that it was named after a British shipping company based at Bridgeness.[2]

Geography

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Lynn Island is a coastal island located west of the southward bend of the Dijmphna Sound with the Hekla Sound on its northern and western shore. It lies to the west of much larger Hovgaard Island and to the south of the Holm Land Peninsula.[3] The island has an area of 230.9 km2 (89.2 sq mi) and has a shoreline of 65.7 km (40.8 mi).[4]

Map of Northeastern Greenland.
Johan Peter Koch's 1911 map of NE Greenland showing Lynn Island.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ G. Amdrup: Report on the Danmark Expedition to the North-East Coast of Greenland 1906–1908. Meddelelser om Grønland. vol. 41, 1913, pp. 143–147
  2. ^ Catalogue of place names in northern East Greenland, Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland
  3. ^ Lynn Ø
  4. ^ UNEP