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Nares Land

Island in Greenland

Field	Value
name	Nares Land
sobriquet
image_size	270px
mapframe	yes
mapframe-zoom	5
mapframe-stroke-width	2
image_map_size	270px
image_map_caption	Map of Nares Land
pushpin_map	Greenland
pushpin_label	Nares Land
pushpin_map_caption	Location of Nares Land in Greenland
coordinates
etymology	Named after Polar explorer Sir George Nares
location	Lincoln Sea
area_km2	1,466
rank	8th largest in Greenland
259th largest in world
coastline_km	192.4
elevation_m	1067
country	Greenland
country_admin_divisions_title	Unincorporated area
country_admin_divisions	NE Greenland National Park
country_area_km2
population	0
population_as_of	2021
density_km2	0
ethnic_groups	none

| mapframe-zoom = 5 | mapframe-stroke-width = 2 259th largest in world

Nares Land or Naresland is an island in far northern Greenland. The island is named after Polar explorer Sir George Nares.

Geography

The island lies between the Victoria Fjord and the Nordenskjöld Fjord separated from the Freuchen Land Peninsula of the mainland by a narrow sound. Stephenson Island and John Murray Island lie off its northern end. Nares Land is fairly large, with an area of 1,466 km2 and a shoreline of 192.4 km. It is 75 km long and up to 30 km wide in its widest place. It has an average elevation of 161 m and its highest point is 1067 m.

The area where the island lies has a severe Polar climate and was formerly part of Avannaa, originally Nordgrønland ("North Greenland"), a former county of Greenland until 31 December 2008. The sea around the island is frozen practically the whole year round.

[[File:North Greenland section-txu-pclmaps-oclc-8322829 a 1.jpg	thumb	300px	Map of Northeastern Greenland.]]

References

[http://islands.unep.ch/ITP.htm UNEP]
[http://mapcarta.com/19189142 Nares Land]
Compiled by Per Ivar Haug. (August 2005). "Islands". UBiT, Universitetsbiblioteket i Trondheim "University Library in Trondheim".

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