Devil Island () is an uninhabited island of King Frederick VIII Land, NE Greenland.
History The island was named Djævleøen, meaning "Devil Island", by the 1932 Gefion expedition. It had been previously also known as "Teufelkap Island" —a name used by Georg Carl Amdrup in 1913— because of the Teufelkap, its conspicuous eastern headland that had been previously named by the Second German North Polar Expedition led by Carl Koldewey.Amdrup, G. 1913: Report on the Danmark Expedition to the northeast coast of Greenland 1906–08. Meddelelser om Grønland 41(1), 270 pp
The curved horse-shoe shaped northern part of the island was named Hestefoden by the 1906–08 Danmark expedition, because the devil () is often represented as having hooved feet.
Geography The island lies in the southwestern area of Dove Bay. To the north lie the Licht Islands and to the west Godfred Hansen Island. To the south lies Nanok Island, separated from Djævleøen by the A. Stelling Sound, and further south Tvillingerne.Prostar Sailing Directions 2005 Greenland and Iceland Enroute, p. 125
Bibliography A. K. Higgins, Jane A. Gilotti, M. Paul Smith (eds.), The Greenland Caledonides: Evolution of the Northeast Margin of Laurentia.
See also List of islands of Greenland References
External links View of Teufelkap and Surroundings seen from the west coast of Store Koldewey