Princess Dagmar Island
Princess Dagmar Island is an uninhabited coastal island of the Wandel Sea in King [Frederick VIII Land], Greenland.
The island was named after Princess Dagmar of Denmark.
The Danish military base/weather station Nord is located in the mainland east of the island, on the western side of Crown [Prince Christian Land] Peninsula.
In Vol. 14 of the Encyclopedia Arctica, Princess Dagmar Island is still not recognized as an island, but mentioned as a peninsula.
Geography
Princess Dagmar Island is located to the southeast of Princess [Thyra Island] and to the south of Princess Margaret Island, close to the coast of Crown Prince Christian Land in far northeastern Greenland. The island lies in a bay of the Wandel Sea formed by the confluence of Denmark Sound and Independence Sound. The island has an area of 144.5 km ² and has a shoreline of 55,8 kilometres.The region of Greenland where the island lies was part of Avannaa, originally Nordgrønland, a former county of Greenland until 31 December 2008. The island is presently within the Northeast Greenland National Park.