Traill Island
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Traill Island is a large island in eastern Greenland
. It is named after zoologist Thomas Stewart Traill
. The highest point of the island is 1884 m. Traill Island is a part of the Northeast Greenland National Park
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Greenland
Greenland is an autonomous country within the Kingdom of Denmark, located between the Arctic and Atlantic Oceans, east of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. Though physiographically a part of the continent of North America, Greenland has been politically and culturally associated with Europe for...
. It is named after zoologist Thomas Stewart Traill
Thomas Stewart Traill
Thomas Stewart Traill was a Scottish physician, chemist, mineralogist, meteorologist, zoologist and scholar of medical jurisprudence.He was the grandfather of the physicist, meteorologist and geologist Robert Traill Omond....
. The highest point of the island is 1884 m. Traill Island is a part of the Northeast Greenland National Park
Northeast Greenland National Park
Northeast Greenland National Park is the largest national park in the world, with an area of , making the park larger than 163 countries. It is the only national park in Greenland, and the most northerly national park in the world, its most northerly point reaching slightly further than the most...
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