List of islands of Greenland by area
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This is a list of the islands of Greenland by area. It includes all islands in Greenland greater than 100 km2 (39 sq mi), sorted in descending order by area.
List of islands
editIslands 1,000 km2 (390 mi2) and greater
edit| Rank | Name | Greenlandic name | Area | Municipality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Greenland | Kalaallit Nunaat | 2,175,035 km2 (839,786 mi2)[1] | |
| 2 | Disko Island | Qeqertarsuaq[2][3] | 8,578 km2 (3,312 mi2)[1] | Qeqertalik |
| 3 | Milne Land | Ilimananngip Nunaa[4] | 3,913 km2 (1,511 mi2)[1] | Sermersooq |
| 4 | Traill Island | Traill Ø | 3,542 km2 (1,368 mi2)[1] | Northeast Greenland National Park |
| 5 | Ymer Island | Ymer Ø | 2,437 km2 (941 mi2)[1] | Northeast Greenland National Park |
| 6 | Geographical Society Island | Geografisk Samfund Ø | 1,717 km2 (663 mi2)[1] | Northeast Greenland National Park |
| 7 | Hovgaard Island | Hovgaard Ø | 1,692 km2 (653 mi2)[citation needed] | Northeast Greenland National Park |
| 8 | Clavering Island | Clavering Ø | 1,535 km2 (593 mi2)[1] | Northeast Greenland National Park |
| 9 | Nares Land | 1,466 km2 (566 mi2)[1] | Northeast Greenland National Park | |
| 10 | Shannon Island | Shannon Ø | 1,259 km2 (486 mi2)[1] | Northeast Greenland National Park |
Islands between 1,000 km2 (390 mi2) and 250 km2 (97 mi2)
edit| Rank | Name | Greenlandic name | Area | Municipality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 | Ammassalik Island | Ammassalik Ø | 699 km2 (270 mi2) | Sermersooq |
| 12 | Christian IV Island | Sammisoq | 659 km2 (254 mi2) | Kujalleq |
| 13 | Kuhn Island | Kuhn Ø | 634 km2 (245 mi2) | Northeast Greenland National Park |
| 14 | Alluttoq Island | Arveprinsen Ejland | 626 km2 (242 mi2) | Avannaata |
| 15 | Hendrik Island | Hendrik Island Ø | 583 km2 (225 mi2) | Northeast Greenland National Park |
| 16 | Store Koldewey | Store Koldewey | 564 km2 (218 mi2) | Northeast Greenland National Park |
| 17 | Upernivik Island | Upernivik Ø | 503 km2 (194 mi2) | Avannaata |
| 18 | Jens Munk Island | Søren Norbyes Ø | 471 km2 (182 mi2) | Sermersooq |
| 19 | Skjoldungen | Saqqisikuik | 450 km2 (170 mi2) | Sermersooq |
| 20 | Sverdrup Island | Sverdrup Ø | 436 km2 (168 mi2) | Northeast Greenland National Park |
| 21 | Illorsuit Island | Illorsuip qeqertaat | 403 km2 (156 mi2) | Avannaata |
| 22 | Nutaarmiut Island | Nutaarmiut | 354 km2 (137 mi2) | Avannaata |
| 23 | Permin Land | 324 km2 (125 mi2) | Northeast Greenland National Park | |
| 24 | Princess Thyra Island | Prinsesse Thyra Ø | 314 km2 (121 mi2) | Northeast Greenland National Park |
| 25 | Egger Island | Itilleq | 308 km2 (119 mi2) | Kujalleq |
| 26 | Northumberland Island | Kiatak | 277 km2 (107 mi2) | Avannaata |
| 27 | Nunarsuit | Nunarsuit | 274 km2 (106 mi2) | Kujalleq |
| 28 | Qeqertarsuaq Island | Storø | 266 km2 (103 mi2) | Sermersooq |
| 29 | Qeqertaq Island | Qeqertarsuaq | 252 km2 (97 mi2) | Avannaata |
| 30 | Île-de-France | Qeqertaq Prins Henrik | 252 km2 (97 mi2) | Northeast Greenland National Park |
Islands less than 250 km2 (97 mi2)
edit| Rank | Name | Greenlandic name | Area | Municipality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lindhard Island | Lindhard Ø | 246 km2 (95 mi2) | Northeast Greenland National Park | |
| Qeqertarssdaq | Qeqertarssdaq | 241 km2 (93 mi2) | Avannaata | |
| Bjornesk Island | Gamma Ø | 234 km2 (90 mi2) | Northeast Greenland National Park | |
| Qorsunnitsoq | 234 km2 (90 mi2) | Qeqertalik | ||
| Saqqarliup Nunaa | 233 km2 (90 mi2) | Qeqertalik | ||
| Timmiarmiit | Timmiarmiit | 229 km2 (88 mi2) | Sermersooq | |
| Hazenland | 226 km2 (87 mi2) | Northeast Greenland National Park | ||
| Lynn Island | Lynn Ø | 206 km2 (80 mi2) | Northeast Greenland National Park | |
| Anoraliuirsoq | Anoraliuirsoq | 200 km2 (77 mi2) | Kujalleq | |
| Ikeq Island | Ikeq Ø | 194 km2 (75 mi2) | Kujalleq | |
| Storo | Storø | 192 km2 (74 mi2) | Sermersooq | |
| Herbert Island | Qeqertarsuaq | 188 km2 (73 mi2) | Avannaata | |
| MacMillan Island | MacMillan Ø | 186 km2 (72 mi2) | Northeast Greenland National Park | |
| Borup Island | Borup Ø | 183 km2 (71 mi2) | Northeast Greenland National Park | |
| Appat Island | Appat Ø | 180 km2 (69 mi2) | Avannaata | |
| Sermersuut Island | Hamborgerland | 171 km2 (66 mi2) | Qeqqata | |
| Tunertooq | 169 km2 (65 mi2) | Qeqertalik | ||
| Qoornuup Qeqertarsua Island | Bjørneøen | 169 km2 (65 mi2) | Sermersooq | |
| John Murray Island | John Murray Ø | 143 km2 (55 mi2) | Northeast Greenland National Park | |
| Turner Island | Turner Ø | 143 km2 (55 mi2) | Sermersooq | |
| Apusiaajik Island | Apusiaajik Ø | 114 km2 (44 mi2) | Sermersooq | |
| Qeqertarsuatsiaq Island | Hareøen | 109 km2 (42 mi2) | Avannaata |
Islands less than 100 km2 (39 mi2)
edit| Rank | Name | Greenlandic name | Area | Municipality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sermitsiaq Island | Sadelø | 84.1 km2 (32.5 mi2) | Sermersooq | |
| Danmark Island | Ujuaakajiip Nunaa | 73.3 km2 (28.3 mi2) | Sermersooq | |
| Griffenfeld Island | Griffenfeld Ø | 58.5 km2 (22.6 mi2) | Sermersooq | |
| Castle Island | Castle Ø | 47.6 km2 (18.4 mi2) | Northeast Greenland National Park | |
| Devil Island | Djævleøen | 39.5 km2 (15.3 mi2) | Northeast Greenland National Park | |
| Franklin Island | Franklin Ø | 33.7 km2 (13.0 mi2) | Avannaata | |
| Beaumont Island | Beaumont Ø | 13.2 km2 (5.1 mi2) | Northeast Greenland National Park | |
| Achton Friis Island | Achton Friis Ø | 8.00 km2 (3.09 mi2) | Northeast Greenland National Park | |
| Hakluyt Island | Appasuak | 6.55 km2 (2.53 mi2) | Avannaata | |
| Uummannaq Island | Uummannap Qeqertaa | 12 km2 (4.6 mi2) | Avannaata | |
| Avallersuaq | Avallersuaq | 4.30 km2 (1.66 mi2) | Kujalleq | |
| Crozier Island | Crozier Ø | 3.99 km2 (1.54 mi2) | Avannaata | |
| Raffles Island | Appalik | 3.46 km2 (1.34 mi2) | Sermersooq | |
| Akilia | Akilia | 1.38 km2 (0.53 mi2) | Sermersooq | |
| Bjorne Island | Bjorne Ø | 0.28 km2 (0.11 mi2) | Northeast Greenland National Park |
See also
editReferences
edit- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Haug, Per Ivar (August 2005). "Gazetteer of Greenland" (PDF). NTNU Open. Universitetsbiblioteket i Trondheim. Retrieved 23 November 2025.
- ↑ Žárský, Jakub D; Kohler, Tyler J; Yde, Jacob C; Falteisek, Lukáš; Lamarche-Gagnon, Guillaume; Hawkings, Jon R; Hatton, Jade E; Stibal, Marek (1 July 2018). "Prokaryotic assemblages in suspended and subglacial sediments within a glacierized catchment on Qeqertarsuaq (Disko Island), west Greenland". FEMS Microbiology Ecology. 94 (7): 2. doi:10.1093/femsec/fiy100. Retrieved 23 November 2025.
- ↑ Ali, Asim; Dunlop, Paul; Coleman, Sonya; Kerr, Dermot; McNabb, Robert W.; Noormets, Riko (31 December 2023). "Glacier area changes in the Arctic and high latitudes using satellite remote sensing" (PDF). Journal of Maps. 19 (1): 1–7. doi:10.1080/17445647.2023.2247416. Retrieved 23 November 2025.
- ↑ Piasecki, Stefan (4 November 2024). "The Scriniodinium crystallinum dinoflagellate cyst zone in the Middle–Upper Oxfordian, Upper Jurassic, Ilimananngip Nunaa (Milne Land), East Greenland". GEUS Bulletin. 57. doi:10.34194/geusb.v57.8373. Retrieved 23 November 2025.