Freuchen Land
  Freuchen Land | |
| Geography | |
|---|---|
| Location | NW Greenland |
| Coordinates | 82°30′N 43°0′W / 82.500°N 43.000°WCoordinates: 82°30′N 43°0′W / 82.500°N 43.000°W |
| Adjacent bodies of water | |
| Length | 90 km (56 mi) |
| Width | 60 km (37 mi) |
| Highest elevation | 1,432 m (4698 ft) |
| Administration | |
Greenland (Denmark) | |
| Demographics | |
| Population | Uninhabited |
Freuchen Land is a peninsula in far northwestern Greenland. It is a part of the Northeast Greenland National Park.[1]
History[]
Freuchen Land was named after Arctic explorer Peter Freuchen (1886–1957), who took part in the 1906–1908 Denmark expedition and later in Knud Rasmussen's .[2][3]
Geography[]
Freuchen Land is located to the northeast of Nares Land, south of Sverdrup Island, and west of Nansen Land and the Hans Tausen Ice Cap. Its westernmost headland is .[4]
The peninsula is bounded to the west by the Nordenskiöld Fjord and to the east by the J.P. Koch Fjord. Navarana Fjord, a branch of J.P. Koch Fjord, cuts deeply southwards into the peninsula, nearly dividing it in two. This fjord was named after Peter Freuchen's Inuit wife, Navarana Mequpaluk (died 1921) [5]
To the southeast lie the Henson Gletscher and the which have their terminus at the J.P. Koch Fjord.[6] To the south the peninsula is attached to the mainland and its ice cap.[1]
Freuchen Land is mountainous and mostly glaciated in its high interior.[7] Elevations reaching 1,432 metres (4,698 ft) are found in the central part of the peninsula.[4]
See also[]
References[]
- ^ a b "Freuchen Land". Mapcarta. Retrieved 1 March 2019.
- ^ Liukkonen, Petri. "Peter Freuchen". Books and Writers (kirjasto.sci.fi). Finland: Kuusankoski Public Library. Archived from the original on 28 February 2009.
- ^ Sam Alley. "Knud Johan Victor Rasmussen". Minnesota State University. Archived from the original on 12 October 2010. Retrieved 1 June 2017.
- ^ a b Prostar Sailing Directions 2005 Greenland and Iceland Enroute, p. 94
- ^ "(PDF) Zinc mineralization at Navarana Fjord, central North Greenland". researchgate.net. Retrieved 2 March 2019.
- ^ "Henson Gletscher". Mapcarta. Retrieved 1 March 2019.
- ^ GoogleEarth
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