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Geography | |
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Location | Peary Land, Greenland |
Coordinates | 83°31′N36°47′W / 83.517°N 36.783°W Coordinates: 83°31′N36°47′W / 83.517°N 36.783°W |
Adjacent to | |
Length | 50 km (31 mi) |
Width | 40 km (25 mi) |
Highest elevation | 1,432 m (4698 ft) |
Highest point | Unnamed |
Administration | |
Greenland (Denmark) | |
Demographics | |
Population | Uninhabited |
Gertrud Rask Land (Danish : Gertrud Rasks Land) is an area in Peary Land, North Greenland. Administratively it is part of the Northeast Greenland National Park. [1] [2]
The territory was named by Lauge Koch after Gertrud Rask (1673 – 1735), the wife of missionary Hans Egede, during the 1921–1923 Bicentenary Jubilee Expedition surveys. Koch found no muskoxen in the area and deemed that it was too arduous for the animals to cross this barren, inhospitable expanse, so that they had to choose another route to reach the northeast coast of Peary Land in their migrations. [3] [4]
Gertrud Rask Land is located in northern Peary Land, to the east of Roosevelt Land, separated from it by the A. Harmsworth Glacier. To the west it is limited by the Benedict Fjord, and to the east by the Sands Fjord and the Nord Glacier. Another large glacier descends directly into the sea in the central part. To the south rise the highest peaks of the Roosevelt Range, including Helvetia Tinde. To the north lies the frozen Lincoln Sea, where the northwesternmost headland is Cape Cannon, the northernmost one Cape Christian IV and the northeasternmost one Cape Hans Egede. [5] [1]
The terrain is harsh, mountainous and rugged, with numerous glaciated areas. The highest point of Gertrud Rask Land is a 1,432 metres (4,698 ft) summit located in the inner part. [6] According to other sources the same peak is 1,411 metres (4,629 ft) high. [7]
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.
Ejnar Mikkelsen was a Danish polar explorer and author. He is most known for his expeditions to Greenland.
Lauge Koch was a Danish geologist and Arctic explorer.
Frederick E. Hyde Fjord is a fjord in Peary Land, far northern Greenland.
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.
Henson Glacier, is one of the major glaciers in northern Greenland.
Sands Fjord is a fjord in Peary Land, northern Greenland. To the north, the fjord opens into the Lincoln Sea of the Arctic Ocean. Administratively it belongs to the Northeast Greenland National Park.
Benedict Fjord is a fjord in Peary Land, northern Greenland. To the north, the fjord opens into the Lincoln Sea of the Arctic Ocean.
Helvetia Tinde is the highest mountain in the Roosevelt Range, Northern Greenland. It is also the highest mountain of the northernmost mountain range on Earth.
The Roosevelt Range or Roosevelt Mountains is a mountain range in Northern Greenland. Administratively this range is part of the Northeast Greenland National Park. Its highest peak is the highest point in Peary Land.
Frigg Fjord is a fjord in Peary Land, far northern Greenland.
The H. H. Benedict Range or H. H. Benedict Mountains is a mountain range in Peary Land, Northern Greenland. Administratively this range is part of the Northeast Greenland National Park.
Cape Cannon is a headland in the Lincoln Sea, Arctic Ocean, North Greenland. Administratively it is part of the Northeast Greenland National Park.
The Daly Range or Daly Mountains is a mountain range in Peary Land, Northern Greenland. Administratively this range is part of the Northeast Greenland National Park.
The Peary Channel was a hypothetical sound or marine channel running from east to west separating Peary Land in northernmost Greenland from the mainland further south.
A. Harmsworth Glacier or Alfred Harmsworth Glacier is a glacier in northern Greenland. Administratively it belongs to the Northeast Greenland National Park.
Johannes V. Jensen Land is an area in Peary Land, Northern Greenland. Administratively it lies in the Northeast Greenland National Park zone. The area is remote and currently uninhabited.
Nansen Land is a peninsula in far northwestern Greenland. It is a part of the Northeast Greenland National Park.
Roosevelt Land is a peninsula in far northern Greenland. It is a part of the Northeast Greenland National Park.
Amundsen Land or Amundsenland, is a peninsula in central North Greenland. It is a part of the Northeast Greenland National Park.