Ymer Island

Ymer Island (Danish: Ymer Ø) is an island in northeastern Greenland. The island is a part of Northeast Greenland National Park.

Ymer Island
Native name:
Ymer Ø
View of Ymer Island with ice floes in the foreground.
Map of Ymer Island
Ymer Island is located in Greenland
Ymer Island
Ymer Island
Location of Ymer Island in Greenland
EtymologyNamed after the mythical Norse giant Ymir
Geography
LocationGreenland Sea
Coordinates73°09′N 24°20′W
Area2,437 km2 (941 sq mi)
Area rank5th largest in Greenland
184th largest in world
Length91 km (56.5 mi)
Width36 km (22.4 mi)
Highest elevation1,900 m (6200 ft)[1]
Highest pointAngelin Bjerg
Administration
Unincorporated areaNE Greenland National Park
Demographics
Population0 (2021)
Pop. density0/km2 (0/sq mi)
Ethnic groupsnone

Ymer Island is named after the Swedish geographical journal Ymer, which published many accounts of Swedish expeditions to Spitsbergen and Greenland.[2] The journal had been named after the giant Ymir, the forefather of the Jotuns in Norse mythology.

Geography

The island lies on the southern side of the entrance of Kaiser Franz Joseph Fjord, with the Antarctic Sound separating it from the Suess Land Peninsula. Ymer Island's northern half forms a peninsula named Gunnar Anderson Land having its narrow isthmus in the west. The fjord between the two halves of the island is named Dusen Fjord.

Ymer Island has an area of 2,437 km2.[3] It is mountainous; Angelin Bjerg, its highest peak, reaches a height of 1900 m. Celsius Bjerg is located at the southeastern end of the island.[4]

The conspicuous Devil's Castle (Teufelsschloss) is located on the other side of Kaiser Franz Joseph Fjord, off the southern shore of Cape Petersens, the NW extremity of Ymer Island.[5]

Mountaintops in Ymer Island
Landsat satellite image

See also

References
  1. Angelin Bjerg - Peakbagger.com
  2. Catalogue of place names in northern East Greenland, Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland
  3. UNEP
  4. Celsius Bjerg - Mapcarta
  5. Prostar Sailing Directions 2005 Greenland and Iceland Enroute, p. 120
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