 Landscape of Germania Land in the summer. | |
  Germania Land | |
| Geography | |
|---|---|
| Location | East Greenland |
| Coordinates | 77°10′N20°00′W / 77.167°N 20.000°W Coordinates: 77°10′N20°00′W / 77.167°N 20.000°W |
| Adjacent to | |
| Length | 88 km (54.7 mi) |
| Width | 54 km (33.6 mi) |
| Highest elevation | 975 m (3199 ft) |
| Administration | |
| Zone | NE Greenland National Park |
| Demographics | |
| Population | 6 |
Germania Land or Germanialand is a peninsula in northeastern Greenland. Despite the high latitude it is largely unglaciated.
This peninsula was named by Ludvig Mylius-Erichsen, leader of the Danmark expedition, to commemorate its survey by the Second German North Polar Expedition led by Carl Koldewey in 1869 on the vessel Germania and as a compliment to Alfred Wegener, the German member of the Danmark expedition.
In central Germania Land there is a cairn erected by the members of the Second German North Polar Expedition on 15 April 1870 in order to mark the farthest northern point they reached. [1]
Germania Land is located in King Frederick VIII Land, in the Northeast Greenland National Park, between the Skaerfjord and Dove Bay. Store Koldewey island lies south of Cape Bismarck, the southeastern point of the peninsula. [2] The Musk Ox Mountains (Moskusoksefjeldene) are a hill range located east of Hvalrosodden, a small peninsula. [1] There are also two lakes with a fjord structure, Seal Lake and Annex Lake.
The Danmarkshavn weather station is on the southern shore of the Germania Land Peninsula. [3] It was named by the 1906–08 Danmark Expedition after 'Danmark', the ship of the expedition which wintered there. [1]
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Danmarkshavn is a small weather station located in Dove Bay, on the northeastern shore of the Germania Land Peninsula, in Northeast Greenland National Park, Greenland.
Store Koldewey, meaning 'Big Koldewey', is the largest of the Koldewey Islands in King Frederick VIII Land, northeastern Greenland.
The German North Polar Expeditions were a short series of mid-19th century German expeditions to the Arctic. The aim was to explore the North Pole region and to brand the newly united, Prussian-led German Empire as a great power. In 1866, German geographer August Petermann wrote a pamphlet strongly advocating German participation in the international quest for the North Pole, which stimulated a German expedition.
Wollaston Foreland is a peninsula in King Christian X Land, East Greenland. Administratively it belongs to the NE Greenland National Park area.
Sabine Island is an island to the northeast of Wollaston Foreland, previously known as Inner Pendulum Island. It is in the Northeast Greenland National Park area.
Carl Christian Koldewey was a German Arctic explorer. He led both German North Polar Expeditions.
Bessel Fjord is a fjord in northeastern Greenland. Administratively it belongs to the NE Greenland National Park area.
Iluileq is an uninhabited island in the Kujalleq municipality in southern Greenland.
Waltershausen Glacier is one of the major glaciers in Greenland. It has its terminus on the east coast of the Greenland ice sheet.
King Frederick VIII Land is a major geographic division of northeastern Greenland. It extends above the Arctic Circle from 76°N to 81°N in a N/S direction along the coast of the Greenland Sea.
Dove Bay is a bay in King Frederick VIII Land, northeastern Greenland. It is part of the Northeast Greenland National Park area.
Petermann Peak,, also known as Petermann Fjeld, Petermanns Topp and Petermann Point is a mountain in King Christian X Land, Northeast Greenland. Administratively it is part of the Northeast Greenland National Park zone.
Adolf S. Jensen Land is a peninsula in the southern limit of King Frederick VIII Land, northeastern Greenland. Administratively it belongs to the NE Greenland National Park area.
The Denmark expedition, also known as the Denmark Expedition to Greenland's Northeast Coast, and as the Danmark Expedition after the ship, was an expedition to the northeast of Greenland in 1906–1908. Despite being overshadowed by the death in tragic circumstances of the main exploration team, including three of the expedition's leading members: Ludvig Mylius-Erichsen (1872–1907), Niels Peter Høeg Hagen (1877–1907) and Jørgen Brønlund (1877–1907), the Denmark expedition was not a failure. It achieved its main cartographic objectives and succeeded in exploring the vast region, drawing accurate charts of formerly unexplored coastlines and fjords, naming numerous geographic features, and gathering a wealth of scientific data.
Seal Lake, also known as Sael Lake, Saelso, Saelsöen and Sælsø, is a land-locked freshwater fjord in southern King Frederick VIII Land, in Greenland's northeastern coast. The Danish weather station Danmarkshavn —the only inhabited place in the area— lies about 30 km (19 mi) to the east. The lake and its surroundings are part of the Northeast Greenland National Park zone.
Devil Island is an uninhabited island of King Frederick VIII Land, NE Greenland.
Teufelkap, meaning "Devil Cape", is a headland in King Frederick VIII Land, Northeast Greenland. Administratively it is part of the Northeast Greenland National Park.
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.
Lindeman Fjord is a fjord in King Christian X Land, East Greenland. Administratively it is part of the Northeast Greenland National Park zone.
Cape Bismarck is a headland in King Frederick VIII Land, Northeast Greenland. Administratively it is part of the Northeast Greenland National Park.
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