Lyell Land
Lyell Land | |
Geography | |
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Location | East Greenland |
Coordinates | 72°36′N 25°45′W / 72.600°N 25.750°WCoordinates: 72°36′N 25°45′W / 72.600°N 25.750°W |
Adjacent bodies of water | |
Length | 60 km (37 mi) |
Width | 50 km (31 mi) |
Highest elevation | 2,200 m (7200 ft) |
Administration | |
Greenland (Denmark) | |
Zone | NE Greenland National Park |
Demographics | |
Population | Uninhabited |
Lyell Land is a peninsula in King Christian X Land, East Greenland. It is located in the King Oscar Fjord area. Administratively it is part of the Northeast Greenland National Park zone.
It was named by Swedish Arctic explorer A.G. Nathorst on his 1899 expedition after Scottish geologist Charles Lyell (1797–1875).[1]
Geography[]
Lyell Land is bounded by Kempe Fjord in the north —beyond which lies Suess Land, its branch in the northwest, in the northeast —beyond which lies Ella Island, the King Oscar Fjord in the east —opposite Traill Island, Segelsällskapet Fjord to the southeast and —beyond which lies Nathorst Land, in the south. Its northernmost headland is . At the western end flows the , beyond which lies Gletscherland. The peninsula is attached to the mainland in the southwest, on the southern side of the glacier.[2]
The , the and the massif, are some of the outstanding features of the peninsula.[1]
References[]
- ^ a b "Catalogue of place names in northern East Greenland". Geological Survey of Denmark. Retrieved 7 July 2019.
- ^ "Lyell Land". Mapcarta. Retrieved 7 July 2019.
- Peninsulas of Greenland
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