Native name: Clavering Ø Nickname: Eskimonæs | |
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 Map drawn during Lauge Koch's expedition 1931-1934 | |
 Map of Clavering Island | |
  Clavering Island Location of Clavering Island in Greenland | |
| Etymology | Named to commemorate Douglas Charles Clavering |
| Geography | |
| Location | Greenland Sea |
| Coordinates | 74°16′N 21°00′W / 74.267°N 21.000°W |
| Area | 1,488 km2 (575 sq mi) |
| Area rank | 8th largest in Greenland |
| Highest elevation | 1,650 m (5410 ft) |
| Highest point | Ortlerspids |
| Administration | |
| Unincorporated area | NE Greenland National Park |
| Demographics | |
| Population | 0 (2021) |
| Pop. density | 0/km2 (0/sq mi) |
| Ethnic groups | none |
Clavering Island (Danish: Clavering Ø) is a large island in eastern Greenland off Gael Hamke Bay, to the south of Wollaston Foreland.
The Eskimonaes (Eskimonæs) radio and weather station was on this island. It was staffed by Danish scientists and was captured by German troops in 1943. The place where the station stood had also been the location of the last Inuit settlement in Northeast Greenland around 1823.[1]
- ^ Zabecki, David T. World War II in Europe: An Encyclopedia p. 628