Hinksland
Hinksland | |
Geography | |
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Location | East Greenland |
Coordinates | 71°43′N 28°19′W / 71.717°N 28.317°WCoordinates: 71°43′N 28°19′W / 71.717°N 28.317°W |
Adjacent bodies of water | |
Length | 64 km (39.8 mi) |
Width | 41 km (25.5 mi) |
Highest elevation | 2,316 m (7598 ft) |
Highest point | Hinksland HP |
Administration | |
Greenland (Denmark) | |
Zone | Northeast Greenland National Park |
Hinksland (Danish: Hinksland) is a peninsula in eastern Greenland. It is a part of the Northeast Greenland National Park.
The peninsula is named after Arthur R. Hinks, Secretary of the Royal Geographical Society, 1915–45.
Geography[]
Hinksland is limited to the northwest by the Daugaard-Jensen Glacier, beyond which lies Charcot Land, to the northeast by the Nordvestfjord of the Scoresby Sound and to the south by the 2-kilometre-wide (1.2 mi) . To the southwest the peninsula is attached to the mainland. The Renland peninsula lies to the southeast, beyond Th. Sørensen Land and Nathorst Land to the north, across the Nordvestfjord.[1] The highest point of the peninsula is a 700-metre-high (2,297 ft) mountain located in the southern part rising above the Flyver Fjord.[2]
Geologically Hinksland is part of the Vestfjord-Hinksland gneiss and schist zone crystalline complex.[3]
Hinksland is at the southern limit of the eastern coastal area of the Northeast Greenland National Park. Constable Point (Nerlerit Inaat) is the closest airport.
See also[]
- Renland
- Milneland
References[]
- ^ "HInksland". Mapcarta. Retrieved 17 April 2016.
- ^ "Glacial outburst floods at Renland, Greenland?" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-04-20. Retrieved 2016-04-17.
- ^ Harold Williams ed. Geology of the Appalachian—Caledonian Orogen in Canada and Greenland, p. 898
External links[]
- A Review of Muskox Observations from North and Northeast Greenland
- Greenland place names and spelling, by T. Higgins
- Peninsulas of Greenland
- Scoresby Sound
- Greenland geography stubs