Princess Thyra Island

Princess Thyra Island (Danish: Prinsesse Thyra Ø) is an uninhabited island of the Wandel Sea, Greenland. The island is within King Frederick VIII Land in the Northeast Greenland National Park.^[1] The island was named after Princess Thyra of Denmark.

Princess Thyra Island

Native name: Prinsesse Thyra Ø
Satellite image of the northern end of Greenland including Princess Thyra Island
Map of Princess Thyra Island
Princess Thyra Island Location of Princess Thyra Island in Greenland
Etymology	named after Princess Thyra of Denmark
Geography
Coordinates	82°0′N 19°15′W
Adjacent to	Wandel Sea
Area	313 km2 (121 sq mi)
Area rank	22nt largest in Greenland
Length	36 km (22.4 mi)
Width	28 km (17.4 mi)
Highest elevation	76 m (249 ft)
Administration
Greenland
Unincorporated area	Northeast Greenland National Park
Demographics
Population	0 (2022)
Pop. density	0/km2 (0/sq mi)
Ethnic groups	none

Geography

This island is located east of Princess Margaret Island, to the northwest of Princess Dagmar Island close to the coast of far northeastern Greenland, in a bay of the Wandel Sea at the confluence of Denmark Sound and Independence Sound.^[2]

The island has an area of 313 km ² and a shoreline of 85.7 kilometres. It was formerly part of Avannaa, originally Nordgrønland ("North Greenland"), one of the counties of Greenland until 31 December 2008.

Map of Far Northeastern Greenland.

1911 map of NE Greenland showing Princess Thyra Island, but not Princess Dagmar Island.

See also

• List of islands of Greenland