Danes Island

Danes Island is an island in Norway's archipelago in the Arctic Ocean with an area of 40.6 km2. It lies just off the northwest coast of , the largest island in the archipelago, near to .
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  • Type: Island
  • Description: island
  • Also known as: “Danaeyju”, “Däneninsel”, “Danish Island”, “Danskeøya”, “Danskoya”, “Dansköya”, “Dánsky Ostrov”, “Datskija Ostrova”, “Deenes Eiland”, “Deensche Eyl”, “Denen-Eiland”, “Ile des Danois”, “Isle de Deens”, “Islla Danskøya”, “Isola dei Danesi”, “Isola del Golfo”, “Tanskan”, “Датский остров”, and “Остров Датский”

Danes Island

Latitude
79.68587° or 79° 41′ 9″ north
Longitude
10.89822° or 10° 53′ 54″ east
Elevation
150 metres (492 feet)
Open location code
CFFGMVPX+87
Open­Street­Map ID
way 27318602
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­coastline
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­island
Geo­Names ID
2731547
Wiki­data ID
Q1164932
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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Turkish—“Danes Island” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Danskøya”
  • Azerbaijani: “Danimarka adası”
  • Catalan: “Danskøya”
  • Catalan: “Illa Danesa”
  • Cebuano: “Danskøya”
  • Danish: “Danskøya”
  • Dutch: “Danskøya”
  • Esperanto: “Daninsulo”
  • Estonian: “Danskøya”
  • French: “Danskøya”
  • German: “Danskøya”
  • Icelandic: “Danska eyja”
  • Italian: “Danskøya”
  • Latvian: “Danskeja”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Danskøya”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Danskøya”
  • Norwegian: “Danskøya”
  • Portuguese: “Danskøya”
  • Russian: “Датский (архипелаг Шпицберген)”
  • Russian: “Датский”
  • Spanish: “Danskøya”
  • Swedish: “Danskön”
  • Turkish: “Danes Adası”

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