Crown Prince Frederik Land

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Crown Prince Frederik Land
Kunngissaq Frederik Nuna (Greenlandic)
Kronprins Frederik Land (Danish)
Sovereign state Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark
Autonomous Territory Flag of Greenland.svg  Greenland
Administrative division Northeast Greenland National Park
Named for Crown Prince Frederik

Crown Prince Frederik Land (Greenlandic : Kunngissaq Frederik Nuna; Danish : Kronprins Frederik Land) is an area in the northernmost part of Greenland, which is named after the current Danish king, Frederik X. [1] [2] [3] It is bordered to the west by Knud Rasmussen Land, to the north by Peary Land and to the east by King Frederick VIII Land. [4] [1]

Frederik X (r. 2024-present), formerly Crown Prince, who the area is named after. Frederik, Crown Prince of Denmark in 2021.jpg
Frederik X (r.2024–present), formerly Crown Prince, who the area is named after.

The territory was awarded by the first Prime Minister of Greenland, Jonathan Motzfeldt in 2000, [5] [3] after the then crown prince completed a four month long expedition from Qaanaaq (Thule) and north of Greenland down to Sled Patrol Sirius' headquarters in Daneborg, an expidition that stretched over 3000 km and completed by dog sled. [5] [3]

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