Store Koldewey

Big Koldewey Island

Native name: Store Koldewey
Map of Store Koldewey
Store Koldewey Location of Hovgaard Island in Greenland
Etymology	Named after polar explorer Carl Koldewey
Geography
Location	Greenland Sea
Coordinates	76°22′N 18°51′W / 76.367°N 18.850°W / 76.367; -18.850
Archipelago	Koldewey Islands
Adjacent to	Dove Bay
Area	654 km2 (253 sq mi)
Area rank	15th largest in Greenland
Length	65 km (40.4 mi)
Width	10 km (6 mi)
Highest elevation	971 m (3186 ft)
Highest point	Mount Saint Petersburg
Administration
Greenland
Unincorporated area	NE Greenland National Park
Demographics
Population	0 (2021)
Pop. density	0/km2 (0/sq mi)
Ethnic groups	none

Store Koldewey, meaning 'Big Koldewey', is the largest of the Koldewey Islands in King Frederick VIII Land, northeastern Greenland.

The island was visited by the Second German North Polar Expedition 1869–70, led by Carl Koldewey and referred to as Grosse Koldewey Insel in the astronomy section of the expedition report, but this may not have been intended as a formal name.

The present island was shown on Koldewey's maps as three islands. However, the 1906–08 Danmark Expedition showed them to be connected and called the island Store Koldewey. Lille Koldewey is a smaller island to the northeast of its northern end.

Store Koldewey is the largest of the Koldewey Islands. It is a long and narrow island separating the Dove Bay to the west from the Greenland Sea. Between the island and the mainland —the Germanialand Peninsula— in the north there is a narrow sound and Lille Koldewey (Little Koldewey), a small double island, as well as some rocks.^[1] The southernmost headland of the island is Cape Alf Trolle.^[2]

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