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Dove Bay
Dove Bay ( da, Dove Bugt) is a bay in King Frederick VIII Land, northeastern Greenland. It is part of the Northeast Greenland National Park area. Etymology Dove bay is said to have been the legendary ''Breidifjòrdr'' of the Sagas of Icelanders. It was named ''Dove Bai'' by the Second German North Polar Expedition led by Carl Koldewey after German physicist and meteorologist Heinrich Wilhelm Dove (1803–79). Geography Dove Bay is a large bay located between Cape Bismarck in Germania Land Germania Land or Germanialand is a peninsula in northeastern Greenland. Despite the high latitude it is largely unglaciated. History This peninsula was named by Ludvig Mylius-Erichsen, leader of the Danmark expedition, to commemorate its survey ... to the north, a complex cluster of coastal islands to the west, Store Koldewey to the east and Adolf S. Jensen Land to the southwest. Besides Store Koldewey, there are numerous islands in the periphery of the bay such as Edward Island, God ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arctic
The Arctic ( or ) is a polar regions of Earth, polar region located at the northernmost part of Earth. The Arctic consists of the Arctic Ocean, adjacent seas, and parts of Canada (Yukon, Northwest Territories, Nunavut), Danish Realm (Greenland), Finland, Iceland, Norway, Russia (Murmansk Oblast, Murmansk, Siberia, Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Nenets Okrug, Novaya Zemlya), Sweden and the United States (Alaska). Land within the Arctic region has seasonally varying snow and sea ice, ice cover, with predominantly treeless permafrost (permanently frozen underground ice) containing tundra. Arctic seas contain seasonal sea ice in many places. The Arctic region is a unique area among Earth's ecosystems. The cultures in the region and the Arctic indigenous peoples have adapted to its cold and extreme conditions. Life in the Arctic includes zooplankton and phytoplankton, fish and marine mammals, birds, land animals, plants and human societies. Arctic land is bordered by the subarctic. De ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward Island
Edward Island ( da, Edvard Ø) is an uninhabited island of the Greenland Sea, Greenland. The island is unglaciated. Geography Edward Island is a coastal island located east of Queen Louise Land, off Cape Stop, east of Borg Fjord and north of Godfred Hansen Island in the Dove Bay, northeastern Greenland. The island has an area of and a shoreline of . See also *List of islands of Greenland References Uninhabited islands of Greenland {{Greenland-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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1 (one, unit, unity) is a number representing a single or the only entity. 1 is also a numerical digit and represents a single unit of counting or measurement. For example, a line segment of ''unit length'' is a line segment of length 1. In conventions of sign where zero is considered neither positive nor negative, 1 is the first and smallest positive integer. It is also sometimes considered the first of the infinite sequence of natural numbers, followed by 2, although by other definitions 1 is the second natural number, following 0. The fundamental mathematical property of 1 is to be a multiplicative identity, meaning that any number multiplied by 1 equals the same number. Most if not all properties of 1 can be deduced from this. In advanced mathematics, a multiplicative identity is often denoted 1, even if it is not a number. 1 is by convention not considered a prime number; this was not universally accepted until the mid-20th century. Additionally, 1 is the s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Danmarkshavn
Danmarkshavn (Denmark's Harbour) is a small weather station located in Dove Bay, on the southern shore of the Germania Land Peninsula, in Northeast Greenland National Park, Greenland. History The location was chosen as a suitable winter harbor by the Denmark expedition in 1906 for their ship ''Danmark''. It became the main base of the expedition, from where sledge journeys and scientific observations were carried out. Description The permanent population of the base is six. Danmarkshavn is also known as the northernmost location on the coast of the Greenland Sea that non-icebreaking vessels can pass through. Therefore, it is resupplied by cargo ship in August every other year; thus the population increases somewhat for a brief time every other August. The ice situation varies, and some years it is not possible to reach the station, other years it is ice-free further north. It is operated by ''TELE-POST Greenland'', a telecommunications company. Danmarkshavn has a short airstri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hellefjord
Hellefjord is a fjord in King Frederick VIII Land, northeastern Greenland. History Hellefjord was named by the 1906-1908 Denmark expedition, after the German word for "light", in contrast with the "dark" Mørkefjord to the north.''Catalogue of place names in northern East Greenland'', Geological Survey of Denmark (GEUS) Geography This fjord is located in Daniel Bruun Land, east of Danmarkshavn. There are two parallel fjords to the north of it, Mørkefjord and Sælsøen, a lake with a fjord structure. It runs from east to west for nearly 30 km. Its mouth is in northern Dove Bay. See also *List of fjords of Greenland This is a list of the most important fjords of Greenland:In Northern Greenland, a large area made up entirely of fjords; therefore Peary Land above not a fjord but a fjord area.In Northeastern Greenland, a large area made up entirely of fjor ... References External linksDen grønlandske Lods - Geodatastyrelsen Fjords of Greenland {{Greenland-fjord-st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mørkefjord
Mørkefjord, meaning in Danish "The dark fjord," is a fjord in King Frederick VIII Land, northeastern Greenland. History Mørkefjord was named by the 1906-1908 Denmark expedition, which established a second weather station at Mørkefjord, in order to compare meteorological observations data with those taken at Danmarkshavn . It had also been known as ''Vigfusdalfjord''. The 1938–1939 Mørkefjord expedition was named after it. They built their base hut and repaired their ship "Gamma" at a place by the fjord's shores. There are remains of Inuit sites at the mouth of the fjord.Spencer Apollonio, ''Lands That Hold One Spellbound: A Story of East Greenland,'' 2008, p. 258 Geography This fjord is located east of Danmarkshavn in Daniel Bruun Land. There are two parallel fjords close to it, Hellefjord to the south, and Sælsøen, a lake with a fjord structure, to the north. It runs from east to west for about 30 km. There is a small branch on its southern shore. Kalvenø island is loca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Teufelkap
Teufelkap (german: Teufels-Kap), meaning "Devil Cape", is a headland in King Frederick VIII Land, Northeast Greenland. Administratively it is part of the Northeast Greenland National Park. Its cliffs are a home for seabird colonies. History Teufelkap was named in 1870 by Carl Koldewey (1837–1908). The steep headland with a dark red hue looked frightening in the fog when it was first seen by members of the Second German North Polar Expedition in March 1870. Later visitors of the area confirmed that the name chosen by the German explorers was suitable to refer to the sinister-looking headland. Geography Teufelkap is located in Dove Bay Dove Bay ( da, Dove Bugt) is a bay in King Frederick VIII Land, northeastern Greenland. It is part of the Northeast Greenland National Park area. Etymology Dove bay is said to have been the legendary ''Breidifjòrdr'' of the Sagas of Icelanders. ... at the eastern end of Djævleøen. It is a conspicuous landmark. The entrance of the A. Stell ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Djævleøen
Djævleøen, meaning "Devil Island", is an uninhabited island of King Frederick VIII Land, NE Greenland. History The island was named ''Djævleøen'' by the 1932 Gefion expedition. It had been previously also known as "Teufelkap Island" —a name used by Georg Carl Amdrup in 1913— because of the Teufelkap, its conspicuous eastern headland that had been previously named by the Second German North Polar Expedition led by Carl Koldewey. The curved horse-shoe shaped northern part of the island was named ''Hestefoden'' by the 1906–08 Danmark expedition, because the devil ( da, djævle) is often represented as having hooved feet. Geography The island lies in the southwestern area of Dove Bay. To the north lie the Licht Islands and to the west Godfred Hansen Island. To the south lies Nanok Island, separated from Djævleøen by the A. Stelling Sound, and further south Tvillingerne.''Prostar Sailing Directions 2005 Greenland and Iceland Enroute,'' p. 125 Bibliography *A. K. H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nanok Island
Nanok East Greenland Fishing Company (1929–1990), generally known as Nanok, was a Danish company in Greenland, mainly active in the hunting and trading of arctic foxes for their fur. A cultural organization with the objective of propagating knowledge about Northeast Greenland was founded in 1992 under the same name. History Nanok was founded in 1929 by Johannes Gerhardt Jennov (1886–1980) with the aim to exploit natural resources in remote Northeast Greenland. It replaced the East Greenland Company ''(A/S Østgrønlandsk Kompagni)'' that had been founded in 1919. Right after its foundation in 1929 Nanok took over the Danish hunting stations that had been established by the former company. Nanok also built a number of additional hunting huts in the uninhabited expanses of NE Greenland and cooperated with Sirius Dog Sled Patrol, the other organization active in the desolate area. Although the initial emphasis was laid on fisheries, in practice the company became mostly active ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lindhard Island
Lindhard Island ( da, Lindhard Ø) is an uninhabited island of NE Greenland. Geography The island lies at the western edge of Dove Bay, east of the Bredebrae, the broad glacier producing masses of large icebergs, at the head of Borg Fjord to the north of the island. The Bredebrae is formed by the confluence of two large glaciers east of Queen Louise Land, the Storstrommen flowing from the north and the L. Bistrup Brae from the south. The island has an area of 263.3 km ² and a shoreline of 115.5 kilometres. Lindhard Island was visited and explored on March 26, 1913, by the 1912–13 Danish Expedition to Queen Louise Land and Across the North Greenland Ice Sheet led by J.P. Koch. The narrow Kavaler Fjord in the northern part of the island almost divides Lindhard Island in two. Kavaler Fjord was discovered and named by J.P. Koch's 1912–13 Danish Expedition. Kavaler Fjord was named after the most stubborn of the expedition's horses, Kavaler, on their visit to the island o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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