Franske Islands

Franske Islands

Franske Øer, Iles Françaises
Location within Greenland
Geography
Location	Greenland Sea
Coordinates	78.6847°N 18.3832°W / 78.6847; -18.3832
Total islands	7
Administration
Greenland
Zone	Northeast Greenland National Park
Demographics
Population	0

The Franske Islands (Danish: Franske Øer; French: Iles Françaises, both meaning 'French Islands') is a group of uninhabited islands of the Greenland Sea, Greenland. Administratively, the islands belong to the Northeast Greenland National Park.

Geography

Map of Northeastern Greenland

The Franske Islands lie off Jokel Bay, northeastern Greenland, just east of Schnauder Island and the Achton Friis Islands, between the Norske Islands to the north and the Danske Islands to the south.

There are seven large islands in the group, as well as numerous smaller islands and islets. The Duke of Orléans Arctic Expedition had given the name "Iles Françaises" to a group further south in 1905. A few years later the Denmark Expedition transferred the name to the northernmost islands that the French expedition could have explored and named the group south of the Pariserøerne "Danske Islands".

See also

• List of islands of Greenland