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Milne Land

Island in Greenland

Field	Value
name	Milne Land
sobriquet
image_name	Milne Land NASA.jpg
image_size	270px
image_caption	Milne Land seen from space
mapframe	yes
mapframe-zoom	5
mapframe-stroke-width	2
image_map_size	270px
image_map_caption	Map of Milne Land
pushpin_map	Greenland
pushpin_label	Milne Island
pushpin_map_caption	Location of Milne Land in Greenland
coordinates
etymology	Named after British admiral David Milne
location	Scoresby Sound
archipelago	Milneland Archipelago
waterbody	Greenland Sea
area_km2	3,913
rank	3rd largest in Greenland
140th largest in world
length_km	113
length_footnotes
width_km	45
coastline_km
elevation_m	2110
elevation_footnotes
highest_mount	Unnamed
country	Greenland
country_admin_divisions_title	Municipality
country_admin_divisions	Sermersooq
country_area_km2
population	0
population_as_of	2021
density_km2	0
ethnic_groups	none

| mapframe-zoom = 5 | mapframe-stroke-width = 2 140th largest in world

Milne Land or Milneland is a large island in eastern Greenland. It is the third largest island of Greenland, after the main island of Greenland and Disko Island. It is named after British admiral David Milne.

This island is popular among climbers.

Geography

The island is 113 km long from Moræne Point in the southwest to Bregne Point in the northeast, up to 45 km wide, and 3913 sqkm in area. It is part of an archipelago, which includes Storo and Sorte Island in the Northwest, Denmark Island in the south, and the Bjorne Islands in the northeast. Cape Leslie is Milneland's southeastern headland.

Milne Land is separated from the Renland peninsula in the north by the 6 to 10 km wide Ofjord, from the Gaaseland peninsula in the south by the 4 to 6 km wide Fonfjord, and from the mainland coast in the west by the 4 to 14 km wide Rode Fjord.

Jameson Land, the large peninsula in the east with the settlement of Ittoqqortoormiit on its southern coast, is located more than 40 km away across the Scoresby Sound.

Image gallery

[[File:Operational Navigation Chart C-1, 1st edition.jpg	thumb	300px	Map of NE Greenland and Iceland.]]	[[File:Polar-superior-mirage-scoresby-sund.jpg	thumb	320px	A [[superior mirage]] of sea ice and land near Milne Land.]]

References

[http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/529332/Scoresby-Sund Scoresby Sund], Encyclopædia Britannica on-line
[https://www.pgc.umn.edu/data/arcticdem Arctic DEM], Polar Geospatial Center
[http://publications.americanalpineclub.org/articles/12201114800/Rensland-Grundtvigskirchen-1977m-East-Face-Eventyr-Milne-Land-Pt-1295m-North-Pillar Eventyr, Milne Land, Pt. 1,295m, North Pillar]
"Milne Land". Mapcarta.

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