Herluf Trolle Land

Herluf Trolle Land
	NASA image of far Northern Greenland.
	Herluf Trolle Land
Geography
Location	Peary Land, Greenland
Coordinates	82°30′N23°00′W / 82.500°N 23.000°W
Adjacent to	Independence Fjord ; Wandel Sea ; G.B. Schley Fjord
Length	60 km (37 mi)
Width	50 km (31 mi)
Highest elevation	914 m (2999 ft)
Highest point	Unnamed
Administration
	Greenland (Denmark)
Demographics
Population	Uninhabited

Last updated October 07, 2023

Herluf Trolle Land is an area in Peary Land, North Greenland. Administratively it is part of the Northeast Greenland National Park.^[1]^[2]

History

There are ancient archaeological remains in the area, including the frame of a 10.6 metres (35 ft) long umiak and a number of camping grounds with abandoned utensils, that were found at excavations in Herlufsholm Strand. This coastal zone may be the first place of the eastward spreading of the early Arctic Whale Hunting Culture from Alaska.^[3]

In 1900 Robert Peary discerned Cape Clarence Wyckoff, a broad headland on the northeastern shore of Herluf Trolle Land, from Wyckoff Island, a place by the shore which Peary mistook for an island. It was the farthest point that he reached after rounding the northern end of Greenland.^[4]

The coast south of this cape was explored by J.P. Koch in the course of the 1906-08 Danmark Expedition and was named after historical Danish mariner Herluf Trolle (1516 – 1565). Later it would be mapped accurately by Lauge Koch by means of surveys that he undertook during the Danish Bicentenary Jubilee Expedition in 1920-23 and the cartographic air expedition of 1938.^[5]

Geography

Herluf Trolle Land is located in southeastern Peary Land, on the northern side of the mouth area of the Independence Fjord. The limits of the territory are not clearly defined. To the west it is bounded by Melville Land, and to the north by the G.B. Schley Fjord.^[5]

Herluf Trolle Land is the mountainous sector located to the west of Herlufsholm Strand. There are several low mountain ranges in the northeastern portion of the territory and two small ice caps. In the north a mountainous plateau rises to a height of 914 metres (2,999 ft) and 853 metres (2,799 ft) high Mount Clarence Wyckoff rises near Hellefisk Fjord. Except for these heights the area is largely ice-free. The plains bordering the mountain zone are crossed by numerous rivers.^[6]^[5]

Herlufsholm Strand

The coastal zone is known as Herlufsholm Strand, a broad, low-lying strip of land between the Wandel Sea shore to the east and the mountains of the interior to the west. It extends between Cape Eigil Knuth (Kap København) and Cape Henry Parish, with Cape Eiler Rasmussen as the easternmost point. Mudder Bay (Mudderbugten), a 9.2 kilometres (30,184 ft) wide, open bay, is located near the southern limit by Cape Eigil Knuth. The sea facing the Herlufsholm Strand shore is frozen throughout the entire year. Mount Henry Parish rises near the northern end and Kjovesletten is a coastal flatland that lies to the southwest. There are muskoxen in the area.^[6]^[1]^[7]

Bibliography

H.P. Trettin (ed.), Geology of the Innuitian Orogen and Arctic Platform of Canada and Greenland. 1991
B. Fristrup, Winderosion within the Arctic Deserts. 1953
Bjarne Grønnow, Jens Fog Jensen: The Northernmost Ruins of the Globe. Eigil Knuth’s Archaeological Investigations in Peary Land and Adjacent Areas of High Arctic Greenland (= Man & Society. Vol. 29). Museum Tusculanums Forlag, Københavns Universitet, Copenhagen 2003, ISBN 978-87-635-3065-1 , 978-8763512626

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Peary Land</span> Peninsula in northern 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.

Brønlundhus, on some maps also Brønlundfjord, is a former research station and radio station located on the western shore of Jørgen Brønlund Fjord in southern Peary Land, in northern Greenland. It is named after Greenlandic Arctic researcher Jørgen Brønlund, or after the namesake fjord on which it is located. It is close to the mouth of Jørgen Brønlund Fjord where it opens into Independence Fjord.

Count Eigil Knuth was a Danish explorer, archaeologist, sculptor and writer. He is referred to as the Nestor of Danish polar explorers. His archaeological investigations were made in Peary Land and adjacent areas of High Arctic Greenland. Knuth was made a Knight of the Dannebrog.

Frederick E. Hyde Fjord is a fjord in Peary Land, far northern Greenland.

Cape Bridgman is a headland in the Wandel Sea, Arctic Ocean, northeast Greenland.

G.B. Schley Fjord is a fjord in Peary Land, northern Greenland. To the east, the fjord opens into the Wandel Sea of the Arctic Ocean.

Hellefisk Fjord is a fjord in Peary Land, northern Greenland. To the northeast, the fjord opens into the Wandel Sea of the Arctic Ocean.

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.

Nordkrone is a mountainous area in Peary Land, Northern Greenland. Administratively it is part of the Northeast Greenland National Park.

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.

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.

Navarana Fjord is a fjord in Peary Land, far northern Greenland. It is named after an Inuit woman.

Wyckoff Land is an area or peninsula in Peary Land, Northern Greenland.

Cape Clarence Wyckoff, also known as Cape Wyckoff, is a broad headland in the Wandel Sea, Arctic Ocean, northernmost Greenland. Administratively it is part of the Northeast Greenland National Park.

Cape Henry Parish is a broad headland in the Wandel Sea, Arctic Ocean, northernmost Greenland. Administratively it is part of the Northeast Greenland National Park.

Gertrud Rask Land is an area in Peary Land, North Greenland. Administratively it is part of the Northeast Greenland National Park.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Melville Land</span>

Melville Land is an area in Peary Land, North Greenland. Administratively it is part of the Northeast Greenland National Park.

Cape Eiler Rasmussen is a broad headland in the Wandel Sea, Arctic Ocean, northernmost Greenland. Administratively it is part of the Northeast Greenland National Park.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Mount Clarence Wyckoff</span> Mountain in Peary Land, Greenland

Mount Clarence Wyckoff is a mountain in Peary Land, Northern Greenland. Administratively the mountain belongs to the Northeast Greenland National Park.

References

External links

mindat.org - Store Kloft, Lot 267, Herlufsholm Strand, Peary Land Northeast Greenland National Park, Greenland

This Greenland location article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.

[NA-1] 1 2 Nunat Aqqi; Stednavne

[GM-2] 1 2 Google Maps

[3] Eigil Knuth, Archaeology of Peary Land. Arctic, Vol. 5, No. 1 (Mar., 1952), pp. 17-33

[4] Robert Edwin Peary Encyclopedia Arctica 15: Biographies

[GI-5] 1 2 3 Geographical Items on North Greenland - Encyclopedia Arctica 14

[GP-6] 1 2 Greenland Pilot

[7] Sedimentary Basins of North Greenland

[1]

[2]

[3]

[4]

[5]

[6]

[7]