Native name: Ymer Ø | |
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3.jpg) View of Ymer Island with ice floes in the foreground. | |
 Map of Ymer Island | |
  Ymer Island Location of Ymer Island in Greenland | |
| Etymology | Named after the mythical Norse giant Ymir |
| Geography | |
| Location | Greenland Sea |
| Coordinates | 73°09′N 24°20′W / 73.150°N 24.333°W |
| Area | 2,437 km2 (941 sq mi) |
| Area rank | 5th largest in Greenland 184th largest in world |
| Length | 91 km (56.5 mi) |
| Width | 36 km (22.4 mi) |
| Highest elevation | 1,900 m (6200 ft)[1] |
| Highest point | Angelin Bjerg |
| Administration | |
| Unincorporated area | NE Greenland National Park |
| Demographics | |
| Population | 0 (2021) |
| Pop. density | 0/km2 (0/sq mi) |
| Ethnic groups | none |
Ymer Island (Danish: Ymer Ø) is an island in northeastern Greenland. The island is a part of Northeast Greenland National Park.
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.
- ^ Angelin Bjerg - Peakbagger.com
- ^ Catalogue of place names in northern East Greenland, Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland