Washington Land

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Washington Land
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Washington Land
Geography
LocationNW Greenland
Coordinates 80°30′N64°30′W / 80.500°N 64.500°W / 80.500; -64.500 Coordinates: 80°30′N64°30′W / 80.500°N 64.500°W / 80.500; -64.500
Adjacent bodies of water
Length110 km (68 mi)
Width100 km (60 mi)
Highest elevation970 m (3180 ft)
Administration
Greenland (Denmark)
Demographics
PopulationUninhabited

Washington Land is a peninsula in northwestern Greenland. It is a part of the Avannaata municipality. [1]

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Washington Land was explored in the 19th century. Traditionally it was one of the hunting grounds of the Inuit, but there are archaeological remains of more permanent human habitation in ancient times.

Geography

Washington Land is located to the west of Daugaard-Jensen Land, between the Kane Basin in the west and northwest and Peabody Bay in the south. Crozier Island, Franklin Island and Hans Island are located off Lafayette Bay in its NW shore.

The Cass Fjord forms the peninsula's southeastern coastline, across which is the Humboldt Glacier and beyond it Inglefield Land. The Aleqatsiaq Fjord forms the limit of its northern shore. Cape Jackson is Washington Land's south-westernmost headland and protrudes at the junction of the Kennedy Channel and the Kane Basin. [2] The northernmost headland is Cape Bryan. [3]

Washington Land is a largely unglaciated peninsula. Adams Bjerg is located in the middle region. [4] [1]

Map of part of Ellesmere Island and far Northern Greenland. Operational Navigation Chart A-5, 3rd edition.jpg
Map of part of Ellesmere Island and far Northern Greenland.

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References

  1. 1 2 "Washington Land". Mapcarta. Retrieved 4 March 2019.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
  2. ↑ Prostar Sailing Directions 2005 Greenland and Iceland Enroute, p. 92
  3. ↑ Prostar Sailing Directions 2005 Greenland and Iceland Enroute, p. 93
  4. ↑ GoogleEarth


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