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Andrée Land (Greenland)
Andrée Land is a peninsula in King Christian X Land, East Greenland that is bounded by Kejser Franz Joseph Fjord, ''Isfjord'' and ''Geologfjord''. History The peninsula was named by A.G. Nathorst on his 1899 expedition after Swedish Arctic explorer Salomon August Andrée, who had made an attempt to reach the North Pole by balloon in 1897. One of the aims of Nathorst's 1899 venture was to search for traces of the lost Andrée's Arctic Balloon Expedition, whose fate was unknown until 1930, when it became known that Andrée had crash-landed on the pack ice and died on Kvitøya. The region was later visited and accurately mapped during Lauge Koch's expeditions to East Greenland. Geography Andrée Land is located about 100 km inland from the Foster Bay of the Greenland Sea. It is bound by Kaiser Franz Joseph Fjord in the southeast, and two branches of it, the Isfjord —beyond which lies Fraenkel Land— in the SW and the Geologfjord, beyond which lies Strindberg Land, in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Margaretatop
Margaretatop is a mountain in eastern Greenland. Administratively it is part of the Northeast Greenland National Park.Google Earth History At the time of Lauge Koch's 1949–51 expeditions this summit was named after Margareta Hediger by American geologist John Haller, a Fellow of the Geological Society of America. The peak is marked as "Margaretatopp" and "Margarita Spids" in some maps. ''Margaretasø'' is a small lake in neighboring Rendal at where the reflection of the mountain can be seen on its surface. This lake was named by John Haller after the same person. Geography Margaretatop is the highest point of Andrée Land. It is a roughly high peak that rises in the southwestern part of Andrée Land, east of the Rendal valley and northeast of the shore of the Isfjord, a northern branch of Kaiser Franz Joseph Fjord. This mountain is marked as a peak in the Defense Mapping Agency Greenland Navigation charts. See also *List of mountains in Greenland References External ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Isfjord
Isfjord, meaning 'Ice Fjord' in the Danish language, is a fjord in King Christian X Land, eastern Greenland. The Isfjord is part of the Kaiser Franz Joseph Fjord complex''Prostar Sailing Directions 2005 Greenland and Iceland Enroute'', p. 120 in the area of the Northeast Greenland National Park. Geography The Jaette Glacier in the west and the Gerard de Geer Glacier in the north flow into the head of the Isfjord. Louise Boyd Land rises at the fjord's western end between the two glaciers. This tributary fjord extends between high mountains in a northwest–southeast direction for about 50 km until its mouth in the Kaiser Franz Joseph Fjord at the southern end. To the northeast the fjord is bound by Andrée Land and to the south and southwest by Frænkel Land. The Margaretatop, highest point of Andrée Land, rises north of the shore of the mouth area of the fjord. See also *List of fjords of Greenland This is a list of the most important fjords of Greenland:In Northern Gre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nunatak
A nunatak (from Inuit ''nunataq'') is the summit or ridge of a mountain that protrudes from an ice field or glacier that otherwise covers most of the mountain or ridge. They are also called glacial islands. Examples are natural pyramidal peaks. When rounded by glacial action, smaller rock promontories may be referred to as rognons. The word is of Greenlandic origin and has been used in English since the 1870s. Description The term is typically used in areas where a permanent ice sheet is present and the nunataks protrude above the sheet.J. J. Zeeberg, ''Climate and Glacial History of the Novaya Zemlya Archipelago, Russian Arctic''. pp. 82–84 Nunataks present readily identifiable landmark reference points in glaciers or ice caps and are often named. While some nunataks are isolated, sometimes they form dense clusters, such as Queen Louise Land in Greenland. Nunataks are generally angular and jagged, which hampers the formation of glacial ice on their tops, although snow can a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arnold Escher Land
Arnold may refer to: People * Arnold (given name), a masculine given name * Arnold (surname), a German and English surname Places Australia * Arnold, Victoria, a small town in the Australian state of Victoria Canada * Arnold, Nova Scotia United Kingdom * Arnold, East Riding of Yorkshire * Arnold, Nottinghamshire United States * Arnold, California, in Calaveras County * Arnold, Carroll County, Illinois * Arnold, Morgan County, Illinois * Arnold, Iowa * Arnold, Kansas * Arnold, Maryland * Arnold, Mendocino County, California * Arnold, Michigan * Arnold, Minnesota * Arnold, Missouri * Arnold, Nebraska * Arnold, Ohio * Arnold, Pennsylvania * Arnold, Texas * Arnold, Brooke County, West Virginia * Arnold, Lewis County, West Virginia * Arnold, Wisconsin * Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University, Massachusetts * Arnold Township, Custer County, Nebraska Other uses * Arnold (automobile), a short-lived English car * Arnold of Manchester, a former English coachbuilder * Arnold (band), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lacroix Mountains
La Croix primarily refers to: * ''La Croix'' (newspaper), a French Catholic newspaper * La Croix Sparkling Water, a beverage distributed by the National Beverage Corporation La Croix or Lacroix may also refer to: Places * Lacroix-Barrez, a municipality in the Aveyron department * Lacroix-Falgarde, a municipality in the Haute-Garonne department * Lacroix-Saint-Ouen, a municipality in the Oise department * Lacroix-sur-Meuse, a municipality in the Meuse department * La Croix-aux-Bois, in the Ardennes department * La Croix-aux-Mines, in the Vosges department * La Croix-Avranchin, in the Manche department * La Croix-Blanche, in the Lot-et-Garonne department * La Croix-Comtesse, in the Charente-Maritime department * La Croix-de-la-Rochette, in the Savoie department * La Croix-du-Perche, in the Eure-et-Loir department * La Croix-en-Brie, in the Seine-et-Marne department * La Croix-en-Champagne, in the Marne department * La Croix-en-Touraine, in the Indre-et-Loire department ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nunatak Glacier
Nunatak Glacier ( da, Nunatakgletscher), also known as Nunatak Glacier, is a glacier in King Christian X Land, Northeast Greenland. Administratively it lies in the Northeast Greenland National Park zone. The area where the glacier flows is remote and uninhabited. History This glacier was named ''Nunatak glacieren'' in 1899 by Swedish Arctic explorer and geologist Alfred Gabriel Nathorst, A.G. Nathorst during the expedition he led to Greenland in search of survivors of S. A. Andrée's Arctic balloon expedition of 1897. The name was chosen owing to the tops of nunataks appearing to overhang it. Geography The Nunatak Glacier originates at the eastern end of the Adolf Hoel Glacier, south of the area of the Jakob Kjøde Bjerg nunatak. Strindberg Land lies to the east and the northeastern end of Andrée Land (Greenland), Andrée Land on its western side. It flows in a roughly northwest to southeast direction for about until its terminus at the head of the Geologfjord. The Eyvind Fje ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adolf Hoel Glacier
Adolf Hoel Glacier ( da, Adolf Hoels Gletscher), also known as Hoel Glacier ''(Hoels Gletscher)'', is one of the major glaciers in King Christian X Land, Northeast Greenland. Administratively it lies in the Northeast Greenland National Park zone. The area where the glacier flows is remote and uninhabited. History This glacier was first mapped in 1931 by the Høygaard and Mehren expedition. It was named after Adolf Hoel (1863–1933), Norwegian geologist and chairman of the Arctic Trading Co. Geography The Adolf Hoel Glacier originates in the eastern side of the Greenland ice sheet around the area of Hobb Land, with J. L. Mowinckel Land to the south and Arnold Escher Land to the north. It is joined by the Skråbræ from the north. Then it flows along the northern edge of Andrée Land in a roughly WNW/ESE direction until its terminus in the Nunatak Glacier to the east. It has a flow of per year. The Eyvind Fjeld Glacier flows to the north and the Wilkins Nunataks rise to t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louise Boyd Land
Louise Boyd Land is an area in King Christian X Land, Eastern Greenland. Administratively it lies in the Northeast Greenland National Park zone. The area is remote and uninhabited. Louise Boyd Land was first surveyed by Lauge Koch from the air in 1932 during the Three-year Expedition to East Greenland. It was named after American Arctic explorer Louise Boyd (1887–1972). Geography Louise Boyd Land is a mountainous region. It is bound to the northwest, north and east by the Gerard de Geer Glacier. Beyond the glacier to the northwest lies J. L. Mowinckel Land. In the southeast it is bound by the Isfjord, a branch of Kaiser Franz Joseph Fjord, beyond which lies Andrée Land. To the south it is separated from Fraenkel Land by the Jætte Glacier. To the west lies the Hamberg Glacier and a region of numerous nunataks, and beyond them the Greenland ice sheet.Google Earth The highest mountain of Louise Boyd Land is marked as a peak in the Defense Mapping Agency Greenland Navigati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gerard De Geer Glacier
Gerard is a masculine forename of Proto-Germanic origin, variations of which exist in many Germanic and Romance languages. Like many other early Germanic names, it is dithematic, consisting of two meaningful constituents put together. In this case, those constituents are ''gari'' > ''ger-'' (meaning 'spear') and -''hard'' (meaning 'hard/strong/brave'). Common forms of the name are Gerard (English, Scottish, Irish, Dutch, Polish and Catalan); Gerrard (English, Scottish, Irish); Gerardo (Italian, and Spanish); Geraldo (Portuguese); Gherardo (Italian); Gherardi (Northern Italian, now only a surname); Gérard (variant forms ''Girard'' and ''Guérard'', now only surnames, French); Gearóid (Irish); Gerhardt and Gerhart/Gerhard/Gerhardus (German, Dutch, and Afrikaans); Gellért ( Hungarian); Gerardas (Lithuanian) and Gerards/Ģirts ( Latvian); Γεράρδης (Greece). A few abbreviated forms are Gerry and Jerry (English); Gerd (German) and Gert (Afrikaans and Dutch); Gerrit (Afri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cape Weber
A cape is a clothing accessory or a sleeveless outer garment which drapes the wearer's back, arms, and chest, and connects at the neck. History Capes were common in medieval Europe, especially when combined with a hood in the chaperon. They have had periodic returns to fashion - for example, in nineteenth-century Europe. Roman Catholic clergy wear a type of cape known as a ferraiolo, which is worn for formal events outside a ritualistic context. The cope is a liturgical vestment in the form of a cape. Capes are often highly decorated with elaborate embroidery. Capes remain in regular use as rainwear in various military units and police forces, in France for example. A gas cape was a voluminous military garment designed to give rain protection to someone wearing the bulky gas masks used in twentieth-century wars. Rich noblemen and elite warriors of the Aztec Empire would wear a tilmàtli; a Mesoamerican cloak/cape used as a symbol of their upper status. Cloth and clothing wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bjorne Island
Bjorne Island, da, Bjørneø, meaning 'Bear Island', is an island in NE Greenland. Administratively it belongs to the Northeast Greenland National Park. It is the only island in the inner Kaiser Franz Joseph Fjord system. History This island was first mapped and named ''Björnön'' by Alfred Gabriel Nathorst in 1899 during the Swedish Greenland Expedition in search of survivors of S. A. Andrée's Arctic balloon expedition of 1897. Geography Bjorne Island is located in the middle of Geologfjord about from its mouth.''Prostar Sailing Directions 2005 Greenland and Iceland Enroute'', p. 120 It is a rocky islet, rising north of Cape Weber, the easternmost end of Andrée Land. The island is about in length.Google Earth See also *List of islands of Greenland The following is an alphabetical list of the islands of Greenland. Many of these islands have both a Kalaallisut language name and a European language name. Islands and archipelagoes * Aaluik * Aasiaat Archipelago ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
