East Jensen Island
Island in Greenland / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For the island in Canada, see McMillan Island.
MacMillan Island (Danish: MacMillan Ø), also known as East Jensen Island, is an uninhabited island of the Lincoln Sea in Peary Land, far northern Greenland.
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MacMillan Ø | |
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Geography | |
Location | Lincoln Sea |
Coordinates | 83°3′N 40°36′W |
Area | 186 km2 (72 sq mi) |
Length | 23 km (14.3 mi) |
Width | 9 km (5.6 mi) |
Coastline | 57.2 km (35.54 mi) |
Highest elevation | 853 m (2799 ft) |
Administration | |
Zone | Northeast Greenland National Park |
Demographics | |
Population | 0 |
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The island was formerly named after Danish zoologist Adolf Severin Jensen (1866 - 1953), professor at the University of Copenhagen, who had carried out extensive research on the fisheries of West Greenland, and who was a member of the committee of the 1931–34 Three-year Expedition (Treårsekspeditionen).