King Christian X Land | |
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 Landscape of King Christian X Land in Wollaston Foreland. | |
  Location of King Christian X Land | |
| Coordinates: 74°00′N28°06′W / 74.0°N 28.1°W | |
| Sovereign state |  Kingdom of Denmark |
| Autonomous Territory |  Greenland |
| Administrative division | Northeast Greenland National Park |
| Named for | King Christian X |
| Elevation | 1,000 m (3,000 ft) |
King Christian X Land (Greenlandic : Kunngi Kristumi X Nuna; Danish : Kong Christian X Land) is an area of northeastern Greenland. [1]
This area was named after King Christian X of Denmark and Iceland (r. 1912–1947). At the time of the Three-year Expedition to East Greenland, it is reported that, when Lauge Koch was planning to fly over the region in 1932, he said:
Let’s get this over with as quickly as possible and then we can call the whole thing King Christian X Land. [2]
The name 'King Christian X Land' was first used on the 1932 1:1 million scale Danish Geodesic Institute map. [2] At that time the area was occupied by Norway and was renamed 'Erik the Red's Land' (Eirik Raudes Land) but the Permanent Court of International Justice ruled against Norway in 1933 and the country subsequently abandoned its claims. [3]
Myggbukta was a Norwegian radio and weather station that operated in the coast intermittently during the 20th century. [4]
King Christian X Land stretches above the Arctic Circle between the Scoresby Sound at 70°N and the Bessel Fjord at 76°N. It is bordered by King Christian IX Land on the south, King Frederik VIII Land to the north, and the Greenland Ice Sheet to the west. All its territory is included in the large Northeast Greenland National Park zone. [5]
It includes the Stauning Alps, Scoresby Land, as well as the vast glacier and fjord expanses of northeastern Greenland between the ice sheet area west of the Kaiser Franz Joseph Fjord and the eastern end of Wollaston Foreland in the shore of the Greenland Sea. [1]
The area is uninhabited except for Daneborg station, Zackenberg research facility located near the Zackenberg mountain. [6] and the Mestersvig military outpost.
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Scoresby Sound is a large fjord system of the Greenland Sea on the eastern coast of Greenland. It has a tree-like structure, with a main body approximately 110 km (68 mi) long that branches into a system of fjords covering an area of about 38,000 km2 (14,700 sq mi). The longest of the fjords extends 340–350 km (210-216 mi) inland from the coastline. The depth is 400–600 m (1,310-1,970 ft) in the main basin, but depths increase to up to 1,450 m (4,760 ft) in some fjords. It is one of the largest and longest fjord systems in the world.
Northeast Greenland National Park is the world's largest national park and the 10th largest protected area. Established in 1974, the Northeast Greenland national park expanded to its present size in 1988. It protects 972,000 km2 (375,000 sq mi) of the interior and northeastern coast of Greenland and is larger than the area of Tanzania, but smaller than that of Egypt. This means that the national park is bigger than 166 of the world's 195 countries. It was the first national park to be created in the Kingdom of Denmark and remains Greenland's only national park. It is the northernmost national park in the world and the second-largest by area of any second-level subdivision of any country in the world, trailing only the Qikiqtaaluk Region in Nunavut, Canada.
Erik the Red's Land was the name given by Norwegians to an area on the coast of eastern Greenland occupied by Norway in the early 1930s. It was named after Erik the Red, the founder of the first Norse or Viking settlements in Greenland in the 10th century. The Permanent Court of International Justice ruled against Norway in 1933, and the country subsequently abandoned its claims.
King Oscar Fjord is a fjord in East Greenland, marking the northern border of the Scoresby Land Peninsula.
Wollaston Foreland is a peninsula in King Christian X Land, East Greenland. Administratively it belongs to the NE Greenland National Park area.
Zackenberg, or Zackenberg Research Station, is an ecosystem research station and monitoring facility situated in the Northeast Greenland National Park in northeastern Greenland. The station is owned by the Greenland Self-Government and was run by the Danish Arctic Institute until 2008. In 2009 the running of the Station was transferred to the Dept of Arctic Environment at the Danish National Environmental Research Institute
King Christian IX Land is a coastal area of Southeastern Greenland in Sermersooq Municipality fronting the Denmark Strait and extending through the Arctic Circle from 65°N to 70°N.
Kangerlussuaq Fjord is a fjord in eastern Greenland. It is part of the Sermersooq municipality.
King Frederick VI Coast is a major geographic division of Greenland. It comprises the coastal area of Southeastern Greenland in Sermersooq and Kujalleq municipalities fronting the Irminger Sea of the North Atlantic Ocean. It is bordered by King Christian IX Land on the north and the Greenland Ice Sheet to the west.
King Frederik VIII Land is a major geographic division of northeastern Greenland. It extends above the Arctic Circle from 76°N to 81°N in a North-South direction along the coast of the Greenland Sea.
Nordvestfjord, meaning 'Northwest Fjord', is a fjord in King Christian X Land, eastern Greenland.
Th. Sørensen Land is an area in King Christian X Land, Eastern Greenland, part of the inner Scoresby Sound system. Administratively it lies in the Northeast Greenland National Park zone. The area is remote and uninhabited.
Segelsällskapet Fjord is a fjord in King Christian X Land, eastern Greenland.
Antarctic Haven is a bay in King Christian X Land, Northeastern Greenland.
Carlsberg Fjord is a fjord in King Christian X Land, eastern Greenland.
Hurry Inlet is a fjord in King Christian X Land, eastern Greenland. This fjord is part of the Scoresby Sound system. Administratively it lies in the area of Sermersooq municipality.
Fleming Fjord is a fjord in King Christian X Land, eastern Greenland.
The Davy Sound is a sound in King Christian X Land, Northeast Greenland. Administratively it is part of the Northeast Greenland National Park zone.
Mackenzie Bay is a bay of the Greenland Sea in King Christian X Land, Greenland. Administratively it belongs to the NE Greenland National Park area.