This island group was named by John Haller during the 1956–1958 Expedition to East Greenland led by Lauge Koch, to pay tribute to the work of the 1906–08 Denmark expedition.
Previously the Duke of Orléans in 1905 had given the name "Îles Françaises" to an island group further north, approximating to the position of the present Franske Islands. A few years later the 1906–08 Denmark expedition had transferred the name "Franske Islands" to that position, corresponding to the northernmost islands the Duke of Orléans Arctic Expedition could have seen.
A number of maps, such as the World Aeronautical Charts of 1952, among others, retain the outdated names for this island group located further south —"Franske Islands" or Îles Françaises.[1]
danske, islands, danish, danske, Øer, meaning, danish, islands, island, group, greenland, greenland, islands, uninhabited, administratively, they, belong, northeast, greenland, national, park, danske, Øergeographylocationgreenland, seacoordinates78, 15859, 266. Danske Islands Danish Danske Oer meaning Danish Islands is an island group of the Greenland Sea NE Greenland The islands are uninhabited Administratively they belong to the Northeast Greenland National Park Danske IslandsDanske OerDanske IslandsGeographyLocationGreenland SeaCoordinates78 09 31 N 19 16 01 W 78 15859 N 19 2669 W 78 15859 19 2669Major islands19AdministrationGreenlandZoneNortheast Greenland National ParkDemographicsPopulation0 Contents 1 Name conflict 2 Geography 3 See also 4 ReferencesName conflict editThis island group was named by John Haller during the 1956 1958 Expedition to East Greenland led by Lauge Koch to pay tribute to the work of the 1906 08 Denmark expedition Previously the Duke of Orleans in 1905 had given the name Iles Francaises to an island group further north approximating to the position of the present Franske Islands A few years later the 1906 08 Denmark expedition had transferred the name Franske Islands to that position corresponding to the northernmost islands the Duke of Orleans Arctic Expedition could have seen A number of maps such as the World Aeronautical Charts of 1952 among others retain the outdated names for this island group located further south Franske Islands or Iles Francaises 1 Geography editThe Danske Islands lie off the southern part of Jokel Bay northwest of Ile de France The Franske Islands lie to the north and Gamma Island to the southwest Storoen is one of the largest islands of the group Rabbit Ears Island is a well known island because of its shape 2 nbsp Map of Northeastern Greenland See also editList of islands of Greenland EclogiteReferences edit Iles Francaises Mapcarta Place names NE Greenland nbsp This Greenland location article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Danske Islands amp oldid 1154797915, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
