The Franske Islands lie off
Jokel Bay, northeastern Greenland, just east of
Schnauder Island and the
Achton Friis Islands, between the
Norske Islands to the north and the
Danske Islands to the south. There are seven large islands in the group, as well as numerous smaller islands and islets. The
Duke of Orléans Arctic Expedition had given the name
"Iles Françaises"' to a group further south in 1905. A few years later the
Denmark Expedition transferred the name to the northernmost islands that the French expedition could have explored and named the group south of the Pariserøerne "Danske Islands". ==See also==