Jens Munk Island

Jens Munk Island, uninhabited coastal island in eastern in the municipality. It is named after the Dano-Norwegian navigator and explorer Jens Munk. The island is the largest in the Søren Norby Islands archipelago.
  • Island
  • …lies at an elevation of 105 metres (344 feet)
  • Description: island in Sermersooq, Greenland
  • Also known as
    “Jens Munk O”
    “Jens Munks Ø”

Jens Munk Island

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Latitude
64.66667° or 64° 40′ north
Longitude
-40.5° or 40° 30′ west
Open location code
98PXMG82+M2
Geo­Names ID
Wiki­data ID

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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Turkish—“Jens Munk Island” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: “Jens Munk Ø”
  • Cebuano: “Jens Munk Ø”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Jens Munk Ø”
  • Swedish: “Jens Munk Ø”
  • Turkish: “Jens Munk Adası”

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