Franske Islands, da, Franske Øer, french: Iles Françaises; meaning 'French Islands', is a group of uninhabited islands of the

Greenland Sea The Greenland Sea is a body of water that borders Greenland to the west, the Svalbard archipelago to the east, Fram Strait and the Arctic Ocean to the north, and the Norwegian Sea and Iceland to the south. The Greenland Sea is often defined as p ...

Greenland Greenland ( kl, Kalaallit Nunaat, ; da, Grønland, ) is an island country in North America that is part of the Kingdom of Denmark. It is located between the Arctic and Atlantic oceans, east of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. Greenland is t ...

. Administratively the islands belong to the

Northeast Greenland National Park Northeast Greenland National Park ( kl, Kalaallit Nunaanni nuna eqqissisimatitaq, da, Grønlands Nationalpark) is the world's largest national park and the 10th List of largest protected areas in the world, largest protected area (the only large ...

Geography

The Franske Islands lie off

Jokel Bay Jokel Bay ( da, Jøkelbugten) is a large bay in North Eastern Greenland. The area of the bay is uninhabited. Administratively Jokel Bay and its surroundings belong to the Northeast Greenland National Park. The bay was named after an old Norse word ...

, northeastern Greenland, just east of

Schnauder Island Schnauder Island is an uninhabited island of the Greenland Sea, Greenland. This island was named after German astronomer Max Schnauder (1860-1939) by the ill-fated Denmark Expedition. Geography Schnauder Island lies in the northern Jokel Bay a ...

and the

Achton Friis Islands The Achton Friis Islands ( da, Achton Friis Øer) are a group of two uninhabited islands in the Greenland Sea, Greenland. They were named by the Denmark expedition in honor of illustrator Achton Friis, one of the expedition members. Geography The ...

, between the

Norske Islands Norske Islands, da, Norske Øer; meaning 'Norse Islands', is a group of two uninhabited islands of the Greenland Sea, Greenland. They were named by the Denmark expedition in honor of the two Norwegian expedition members. Geography The Norske I ...

to the north and the

Danske Islands Danske Islands, da, Danske Øer; meaning 'Danish Islands', is an island group of the Greenland Sea, NE Greenland. The islands are uninhabited. Administratively they belong to the Northeast Greenland National Park. Name conflict This island gr ...

to the south. There are seven large islands in the group, as well as numerous smaller islands and islets. The

Duke of Orléans Arctic Expedition Duke is a male title either of a monarch ruling over a duchy, or of a member of royalty, or nobility. As rulers, dukes are ranked below emperors, kings, grand princes, grand dukes, and sovereign princes. As royalty or nobility, they are ranke ...

had given the name ''"Iles Françaises" to a group further south in 1905. A few years later the

Denmark Expedition The Denmark expedition ( da, Danmark-ekspeditionen), also known as the Denmark Expedition to Greenland's Northeast Coast, and as the Danmark Expedition after the ship, was an expedition to the northeast of Greenland in 1906–1908. Despite being ...

transferred the name to the northernmost islands that the French expedition could have explored and named the group south of the Pariserøerne "Danske Islands".Place names, NE Greenland
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Uninhabited islands of Greenland {{Greenland-geo-stub

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