Hinksland

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Hinksland
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Hinksland
Geography
LocationEast Greenland
Coordinates 71°43′N28°19′W / 71.717°N 28.317°W / 71.717; -28.317
Adjacent to
Length64 km (39.8 mi)
Width41 km (25.5 mi)
Highest elevation2,316 m (7598 ft)
Highest pointHinksland HP
Administration
Greenland (Denmark)
Zone Northeast Greenland National Park

Hinksland (Danish : Hinksland) is a peninsula in eastern Greenland. It is a part of the Northeast Greenland National Park.

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The peninsula is named after Arthur R. Hinks, Secretary of the Royal Geographical Society, 1915–45.

Geography

Hinksland is limited to the northwest by the Daugaard-Jensen Glacier, beyond which lies Charcot Land, to the northeast by the Nordvestfjord of the Scoresby Sound and to the south by the 2-kilometre-wide (1.2 mi) Flyver Fjord. To the southwest the peninsula is attached to the mainland. The Renland peninsula lies to the southeast, beyond Th. Sørensen Land and Nathorst Land to the north, across the Nordvestfjord. [1] The highest point of the peninsula is a 700-metre-high (2,297 ft) mountain located in the southern part rising above the Flyver Fjord. [2]

Geologically Hinksland is part of the Vestfjord-Hinksland gneiss and schist zone crystalline complex. [3]

Hinksland is at the southern limit of the eastern coastal area of the Northeast Greenland National Park. Constable Point (Nerlerit Inaat) is the closest airport.

Map of NE Greenland and Iceland. Operational Navigation Chart C-1, 1st edition.jpg
Map of NE Greenland and Iceland.

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References

  1. ↑ "Hinksland". Mapcarta. Retrieved 17 April 2016.
  2. ↑ "Glacial outburst floods at Renland, Greenland?" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-04-20. Retrieved 2016-04-17.
  3. ↑ Harold Williams ed. Geology of the Appalachian—Caledonian Orogen in Canada and Greenland, p. 898


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