Norske Islands, da, Norske Øer; meaning 'Norse Islands', is a group of two uninhabited islands 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 ...

. They were named by the Denmark expedition in honor of the two Norwegian expedition members.

Geography

The Norske Islands lie near Cape Drygalsky off the coast of

Lambert Land Lambert Land is a land area —possibly a peninsula or an island— in King Frederick VIII Land, northeastern Greenland. Administratively it belongs to the NE Greenland National Park area. Geography Lambert Land is bounded in the north by the ...

and northeast of

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 wor ...

, northeastern Greenland, to the southeast of the entrance to the

Nioghalvfjerd Fjord Nioghalvfjerdsbrae (), sometimes referred to as " 79 N Glacier", is a large glacier located in King Frederick VIII Land, northeastern Greenland. It drains an area of of the Greenland Ice Sheet with a flux (quantity of ice moved from the land to ...

of the Nioghalvfjerdsbrae glacier. The Franske Islands lie to the south, and the Achton Friis and Schnauder Islands to the southwest. Tobias Island lies far to the northeast. There are two main islands in the group, Store Norske, with Cape Nansen as its northernmost landhead, and a much smaller island (Lille Norske) to the south, separated from Store Norske by a narrow sound. There are also a few small islets. The group's southernmost landhead, Cape Amundsen, is located at the southern end of the smaller island. Store Norske, the largest island has a total area of and a shoreline of .UNEP
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Uninhabited islands of Greenland {{Greenland-geo-stub

Geography

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