Île-de-France

Île-de-France is an uninhabited island of the Greenland Sea, . On 11 June 2004, the Greenland Home Rule Authority officially changed the name of the island Île de France to Qeqertaq Prins Henrik as a present to Prince Henrik of Denmark, husband of Queen Margrethe II of Denmark, on the occasion of his 70th birthday.
  • Type: Island
  • Description: island of the Greenland Sea, Greenland
  • Also known as: “ile de France”, “île de France”, “Ile-de-France”, and “Isle de France”

Île-de-France

Latitude
77.73504° or 77° 44′ 6″ north
Longitude
-17.87511° or 17° 52′ 30″ west
Elevation
1 metre (3 feet)
Open location code
CC94P4PF+2X
Geo­Names ID
Wiki­data ID
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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Turkish—“Île-de-France” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: “Île de France”
  • Cebuano: “Île-de-France”
  • Chinese: “法兰西岛”
  • Chinese: “法蘭西島”
  • Danish: “Prins Henrik Ø”
  • Dutch: “île de France”
  • Dutch: “Île de France”
  • French: “île de France”
  • French: “Île de France”
  • Italian: “Île de France”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Île-de-France på Grønland”
  • Polish: “Île-de-France”
  • Polish: “Qeqertaq Prins Henrik”
  • Swedish: “Île-de-France, Grönland”
  • Swedish: “Île-de-France”
  • Turkish: “Île de France (Grönland)”

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