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Geography | |
Location | East Greenland |
Coordinates | 71°14′N26°45′W / 71.233°N 26.750°W Coordinates: 71°14′N26°45′W / 71.233°N 26.750°W |
Adjacent to | |
Length | 88 km (54.7 mi) |
Width | 62 km (38.5 mi) |
Highest elevation | 2,340 m (7680 ft) [1] |
Highest point | Renland HP |
Administration | |
Greenland (Denmark) | |
Municipality | Sermersooq |
Renland is a peninsula in eastern Greenland. It is a part of the Sermersooq municipality. Despite its proximity to the coast Renland has an ice cap climate with bitterly cold winters and very low maximum temperatures in the summer. [2]
Renland was named after the reindeer which were found formerly in the area, but disappeared around the early 20th century. [3]
Renland is surrounded to the north by the Nordvestfjord of the Scoresby Sound, to the south by the 6 to 10 km wide Ofjord and to the southwest by the Rype Fjord. To the west the peninsula is attached to the mainland and to the northwest lies Th. Sørensen Land and beyond it the Hinksland peninsula. Nathorst Land lies to the north, across the Nordvestfjord
The Bjorne Islands lie off its eastern shore and to the south across the Ofjord lie the islands of Milneland and Storo. [4] Renland has its own ice cap on a high plateau in the middle of the peninsula [5] and in the southern part there are glacial lakes separated by glacial tongues. [6]
This wide and desolate place is a popular destination for mountain climbing owing to its steep slopes, massive rocky crags and jagged peaks. [7] Constable Point (Nerlerit Inaat) is the closest airport.
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In physical geography, a fjord or fiord is a long, narrow inlet with steep sides or cliffs, created by a glacier. Fjords exist on the coasts of Antarctica, British Columbia, Chile, Denmark, Egypt, Germany, Greenland, the Faroe Islands, Montenegro, Iceland, Ireland, Kamchatka, the Kerguelen Islands, Labrador, Newfoundland, New Zealand, Norway, Novaya Zemlya, Nunavut, Quebec, the Patagonia region of Argentina and Chile, Russia, South Georgia Island, Tasmania, Scotland and Washington state. Norway's coastline is estimated to be 29,000 km (18,000 mi) long with its nearly 1,200 fjords, but only 2,500 km (1,600 mi) long excluding the fjords.
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.
Milne Land or Milneland is a large island in eastern Greenland. It is the third largest island of Greenland, after the main island of Greenland and Disko Island. It is named after British admiral David Milne.
King Oscar Fjord is a fjord in East Greenland, marking the northern border of the Scoresby Land Peninsula.
Liverpool Land is a peninsula in eastern Greenland.
Storo is an uninhabited island in the Scoresby Sound fjord, Sermersooq Municipality, eastern Greenland.
Hinksland is a peninsula in eastern Greenland. It is a part of the Northeast Greenland National Park.
Rode Fjord is a fjord in King Christian X Land, eastern Greenland. The Rode Fjord is part of the Scoresby Sound complex in the area of Sermersooq municipality.
Rype Fjord is a fjord in King Christian X Land, eastern Greenland. This fjord is part of the Scoresby Sound system in the area of Sermersooq municipality.
Thorland is a peninsula in the King Frederick VI Coast, southeastern Greenland. It is a part of the Sermersooq municipality.
Holm Land, sometimes referred to as "Hahn Land", is a peninsula in King Frederick VIII Land, northeastern Greenland. Administratively it belongs to the NE Greenland National Park area.
Odinland, also Odinsland in the Defense Mapping Agency Greenland Navigation charts, is a peninsula in the King Frederick VI Coast, southeastern Greenland. It is a part of the Sermersooq municipality.
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.
Bjorne Islands, Danish: Bjørne Øer; Greenlandic: Nannut Qeqertaat) meaning 'Bear Islands', is an island group in the Scoresby Sound, NE Greenland. The islands are uninhabited.
Ofjord 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.
Fonfjord 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.
Tyrolerfjord is a fjord in King Christian X Land, East Greenland. Administratively it is part of the Northeast Greenland National Park zone.
Nansen Land is a peninsula in far northwestern Greenland. It is a part of the Northeast Greenland National Park.