 Map of part of Ellesmere Island and far Northern Greenland. | |
  Freuchen Land | |
| Geography | |
|---|---|
| Location | NW Greenland |
| Coordinates | 82°30′N43°0′W / 82.500°N 43.000°W Coordinates: 82°30′N43°0′W / 82.500°N 43.000°W |
| Adjacent to | |
| Length | 90 km (56 mi) |
| Width | 60 km (37 mi) |
| Highest elevation | 1,432 m (4698 ft) |
| Administration | |
Greenland (Denmark) | |
| Demographics | |
| Population | Uninhabited |
Freuchen Land is a peninsula in far northwestern Greenland. It is a part of the Northeast Greenland National Park. [1]
Freuchen Land was named after Arctic explorer Peter Freuchen (1886–1957), who took part in the 1906–1908 Denmark expedition and later in Knud Rasmussen's Thule expeditions. [2] [3]
Freuchen Land is located to the northeast of Nares Land, south of Sverdrup Island, and west of Nansen Land and the Hans Tausen Ice Cap. Its westernmost headland is Cape Wegener. [4]
The peninsula is bounded to the west by the Nordenskiöld Fjord and to the east by the J.P. Koch Fjord. Navarana Fjord, a branch of J.P. Koch Fjord, cuts deeply southwards into the peninsula, nearly dividing it in two. This fjord was named after Peter Freuchen's Inuit wife, Navarana Mequpaluk (died 1921) [5]
To the southeast lie the Henson Gletscher and the Expedition Glacier which have their terminus at the J.P. Koch Fjord. [6] To the south the peninsula is attached to the mainland and its ice cap. [1]
Freuchen Land is mountainous and mostly glaciated in its high interior. [7] Elevations reaching 1,432 metres (4,698 ft) are found in the central part of the peninsula. [4]
Knud Johan Victor Rasmussen was a Greenlandic–Danish polar explorer and anthropologist. He has been called the "father of Eskimology" and was the first European to cross the Northwest Passage via dog sled. He remains well known in Greenland, Denmark and among Canadian Inuit.
Ludvig Mylius-Erichsen was a Danish author, ethnologist, and explorer, from Ringkøbing. He was most notably an explorer of Greenland.
Peary Land is a peninsula in northern Greenland, extending into the Arctic Ocean. It reaches from Victoria Fjord in the west to Independence Fjord in the south and southeast, and to the Arctic Ocean in the north, with Cape Morris Jesup, the northernmost point of Greenland's mainland, and Cape Bridgman in the northeast.
Lorenz Peter Elfred Freuchen was a Danish explorer, author, journalist and anthropologist. He is notable for his role in Arctic exploration, namely the Thule Expeditions.
J.P. Koch Fjord is a fjord in Peary Land, northern Greenland. To the west, the fjord opens into the Lincoln Sea of the Arctic Ocean.
The Watkins Range is Greenland's highest mountain range. It is located in King Christian IX Land, Sermersooq municipality.
King Frederick VIII Land is a major geographic division of northeastern Greenland. It extends above the Arctic Circle from 76°N to 81°N in a N/S direction along the coast of the Greenland Sea.
The Denmark expedition, also known as the Denmark Expedition to Greenland's Northeast Coast, and as the Danmark Expedition after the ship, was an expedition to the northeast of Greenland in 1906–1908. Despite being overshadowed by the death in tragic circumstances of the main exploration team, including three of the expedition's leading members: Ludvig Mylius-Erichsen (1872–1907), Niels Peter Høeg Hagen (1877–1907) and Jørgen Brønlund (1877–1907), the Denmark expedition was not a failure. It achieved its main cartographic objectives and succeeded in exploring the vast region, drawing accurate charts of formerly unexplored coastlines and fjords, naming numerous geographic features, and gathering a wealth of scientific data.
Nyeboe Land is a peninsula in far northwestern Greenland. It is a part of the Northeast Greenland National Park.
Wulff Land is a peninsula in far northwestern Greenland. Administratively it is a part of the Northeast Greenland National Park.
Henson Glacier, is one of the major glaciers in northern Greenland.
Bessel Fjord is a fjord in northwestern Greenland. Administratively it belongs to the Avannaata municipality.
Ryder Glacier, is one of the major glaciers in northern Greenland.
C. H. Ostenfeld Glacier, is one of the major glaciers in northern Greenland.
Petermann Fjord is a fjord in northwestern Greenland. Administratively it marks the boundary between the Avannaata municipality and the Northeast Greenland National Park.
Farquhar Glacier, is a glacier in northwestern Greenland. Administratively it belongs to the Avannaata municipality.
Navarana Fjord is a fjord in Peary Land, far northern Greenland. It is named after an Inuit woman.
Nansen Land is a peninsula in far northwestern Greenland. It is a part of the Northeast Greenland National Park.
O.B. Bøggild Fjord is a fjord in Peary Land, far northern Greenland.
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