Franklin Island (Arctic)
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| Waters | Kennedy Canal , Nares Street | |
| Geographical location | 80 ° 38 '4 " N , 66 ° 48' 19" W | |
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| length | 9.8 km | |
| width | 4.7 km | |
| surface | 35 km² | |
| Highest elevation | 215 m | |
| Residents | uninhabited | |
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The Franklin Island ( Danish Franklin Ø ) is a Greenlandic island.
Franklin Island is one of three islands in the Kennedy Channel , part of the Nares Strait that stretches between Canada's Ellesmere Island and northern Greenland . The other two islands are Crozier Island and Hans Island .
The uninhabited island with no vegetation is the largest of the three islands and is located about 5 kilometers north of the Greenland mainland ( Cape Constitution ). It is about 9.8 × 4.7 km in size. The relatively flat island drops steeply on the coast. On the southeast side, however, it rises up to a height of 215 meters.
It was named after the British researcher John Franklin (1786–1847).