Île-de-France is an uninhabited island of the
Greenland Sea,
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 i ...
. The island has an area of 246.1 km ² and a shoreline of 71.9 kilometres. It lies off the southern part of
Jokel Bay and southeast of the
Danske Islands.
Skaer Fjord is located southwest of Île-de-France's southern end. It is a broad fjord or bay with several arms extending westwards from it.
History
This island was named in 1905 by the
Duke of Orléans during his
Duke of Orléans Arctic Expedition when he explored parts of the northeastern coast of Greenland on ship
Belgica.
[''Catalogue of place names in northern East Greenland'', Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland]
See also
*
List of islands of Greenland
References
Uninhabited islands of Greenland
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