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Johannes V. Jensen Land
Johannes V. Jensen Land is an area in Peary Land, Northern Greenland. Administratively it lies in the Northeast Greenland National Park zone. The area is remote and currently uninhabited. Johannes V. Jensen Land is the northernmost region on Earth.Google Earth History This extreme northern area was sparsely inhabited about 2,400 years ago. Its inhabitants were people dependent on hunting muskoxen for survival. The ruins near the head of Frigg Fjord are the northernmost remains of settlements in human history.Bjarne Grønnow, Jens Fog Jensen: ''The Northernmost Ruins of the Globe. Eigil Knuth’s Archaeological Investigations in Peary Land and Adjacent Areas of High Arctic Greenland'' (= Man & Society. Vol. 29). Museum Tusculanums Forlag, Københavns Universitet, Copenhagen 2003, pp. 219–237 This region was named after Danish author Johannes V. Jensen (1902–1973) who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1944. Geography Johannes V. Jensen Land is a mountainous region, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Region
In geography, regions, otherwise referred to as zones, lands or territories, are areas that are broadly divided by physical characteristics (physical geography), human impact characteristics (human geography), and the interaction of humanity and the environment (environmental geography). Geographic regions and sub-regions are mostly described by their imprecisely defined, and sometimes transitory boundaries, except in human geography, where Jurisdiction (area), jurisdiction areas such as national borders are defined in law. Apart from the Earth, global continental regions, there are also hydrosphere, hydrospheric and atmosphere, atmospheric regions that cover the oceans, and discrete climates above the land mass, land and water mass, water masses of the planet. The land and water global regions are divided into subregions geographically bounded by large geological features that influence large-scale ecologies, such as plains and features. As a way of describing spatial areas, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frederick E
Frederick may refer to: People * Frederick (given name), the name Nobility Anhalt-Harzgerode *Frederick, Prince of Anhalt-Harzgerode (1613–1670) Austria * Frederick I, Duke of Austria (Babenberg), Duke of Austria from 1195 to 1198 * Frederick II, Duke of Austria (1219–1246), last Duke of Austria from the Babenberg dynasty * Frederick the Fair (Frederick I of Austria (Habsburg), 1286–1330), Duke of Austria and King of the Romans Baden * Frederick I, Grand Duke of Baden (1826–1907), Grand Duke of Baden * Frederick II, Grand Duke of Baden (1857–1928), Grand Duke of Baden Bohemia * Frederick, Duke of Bohemia (died 1189), Duke of Olomouc and Bohemia Britain * Frederick, Prince of Wales (1707–1751), eldest son of King George II of Great Britain Brandenburg/Prussia * Frederick I, Elector of Brandenburg (1371–1440), also known as Frederick VI, Burgrave of Nuremberg * Frederick II, Elector of Brandenburg (1413–1470), Margrave of Brandenburg * Frederick William, Elector ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Geography Of Greenland
Greenland is located between the Arctic Ocean and the North Atlantic Ocean, northeast of Canada and northwest of Iceland. The territory comprises the island of Greenland—the largest island in the world—and more than a hundred other smaller islands (see alphabetic list). Greenland has a 1.2 kilometre (0.75 mi) long border with Canada on Hans Island. A sparse population is confined to small settlements along certain sectors of the coast. Greenland possesses the world's second-largest ice sheet. Greenland sits atop the Greenland plate, a subplate of the North American plate. The Greenland craton is made up of some of the oldest rocks on the face of the earth. The Isua greenstone belt in southwestern Greenland contains the oldest known rocks on Earth, dated at 3.7–3.8 billion years old. The vegetation is generally sparse, with the only patch of forested land being found in Nanortalik Municipality in the extreme south near Cape Farewell. The climate is arctic to subarctic, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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William is a male given name of Germanic origin.Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, ''Oxford Dictionary of First Names'', Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, , p. 276. It became very popular in the English language after the Norman conquest of England in 1066,All Things William"Meaning & Origin of the Name"/ref> and remained so throughout the Middle Ages and into the modern era. It is sometimes abbreviated "Wm." Shortened familiar versions in English include Will, Wills, Willy, Willie, Bill, and Billy. A common Irish form is Liam. Scottish diminutives include Wull, Willie or Wullie (as in Oor Wullie or the play ''Douglas''). Female forms are Willa, Willemina, Wilma and Wilhelmina. Etymology William is related to the given name ''Wilhelm'' (cf. Proto-Germanic ᚹᛁᛚᛃᚨᚺᛖᛚᛗᚨᛉ, ''*Wiljahelmaz'' > German ''Wilhelm'' and Old Norse ᚢᛁᛚᛋᛅᚼᛅᛚᛘᛅᛋ, ''Vilhjálmr''). By regular sound changes, the native, inherited English form of the name should b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nansen Land
Nansen Land is a peninsula in far northwestern Greenland. It is a part of the Northeast Greenland National Park. The Arctic wolf is present in the peninsula. The northern shore facing the Lincoln sea slopes evenly and is fertile for the area, being the northernmost limit of certain plant species. History Nansen Land was named after Arctic explorer Fridtjof Nansen (1861–1930) at the time of Knud Rasmussen's Thule expeditions. American geologist William E. Davies called the wider range north of J.P. Koch Fjord and Frederick E. Hyde Fjord the "Nansen-Jensen Alps", with the westernmost foothills in Nansen Land, stretching past the De Long Fjord area across Roosevelt Land and the Roosevelt Range, and reaching all the way to Johannes V. Jensen Land in the east.W. E. Davies, ''Landscape of Northern Greenland'' 1972 Geography Nansen Land is located to the northeast of Freuchen Land, east of Sverdrup Island, and west of Borup Island and Amundsen Land. The westernmost headland is C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bertelsen Glacier
Bertelsen Glacier ( da, Bertelsen Gletscher) is a glacier in northern Greenland.Google Earth Administratively it belongs to the Northeast Greenland National Park. Between 2006 and 2010 there was an automatic weather station near the glacier. The glacier was mapped with accuracy by Lauge Koch during an aerial survey in May 1938. It had previously not been seen by Robert Peary during his 1902 exploration of the area that put the adjacent Moore Glacier in the map. The glacier was named in honour of Aage Bertelsen, who had taken part in the 1906–1908 Danmark Expedition. Geography The Bertelsen Glacier is one of the main glaciers in eastern Peary Land. It is a valley glacier, a branch of the larger, northwest-flowing Moore Glacier, joining it from the northeast. It is located in the area of the easternmost subranges of the Roosevelt Range, between the H. H. Benedict Range to the southwest and the Daly Range to the northeast. See also *List of glaciers in Greenland *Peary Land P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moore Glacier
Moore Glacier ( da, Moore Gletscher) is a glacier in northern Greenland. Google Earth Administratively it belongs to the Northeast Greenland National Park. Between 2006 and 2010 there was an automatic weather station in the glacier. The glacier was named by Robert Peary after Mr. Charles Moore, who convinced US President William McKinley to keep supporting Peary's Polar ventures in the face of the United States Department of the Navy opposing further explorations. Geography The Moore Glacier is the largest of the valley glaciers located in the area of the easternmost subranges of the Roosevelt Range. It flows roughly in a northwestern direction from the southeast and stretches between the H. H. Benedict Range to the southwest and the Bertelsen Glacier to the northeast. The Moore Glacier has its terminus at the head of the southeastern shore of Bliss Bay, which is permanently clogged with ice. The Stjernebannertinde, highest peak of the H. H. Benedict Range, rises above the l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sif Glacier
Sif Glacier ( da, Sifs Gletscher), is a glacier in northern Greenland. Administratively it belongs to the Northeast Greenland National Park. History The Sif Glacier was seen during aerial surveys by Lauge Koch and was named after Sif, the goddess representing Mother Earth in Norse mythology. The glacier was first explored from the ground by the British Joint Services Expedition in 1969. Geography The Sif Glacier is a slow-moving glacier located in Johannes V. Jensen Land, roughly in the middle of the Roosevelt Range. It flows in a WSW/ENE direction from the ice cap of the Mary Peary Peaks, bifurcating south of the Birgit Koch Peaks with one arm flowing roughly northwards and another southwards until their terminuses in the Northern and in the Southern Tvillingesø (Twin Lakes) respectively. The northern branch of the Sif Glacier ends in a valley open to the north with its mouth in Constable Bay, where it formed prominent terminal moraines in the past. See also *List of glac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cape Bridgman
Cape Bridgman ( da, Kap Bridgman) is a headland in the Wandel Sea, Arctic Ocean, northeast Greenland. The cape was named by Robert Peary after Herbert L. Bridgman, one of the members of the Peary Arctic Club in New York. Geography Cape Bridgman is located on the northern side of the mouth of Frederick E. Hyde Fjord , Peary Land. Cape John Flagler is the headland on the southern side of the fjord entrance. Administratively it is part of the Northeast Greenland National Park. In 1900 this headland was Robert Peary's easternmost accurate geographic exploration in the north of Greenland, for further south he encountered fog. In 1907 it became an important landmark for the Denmark expedition which mapped for the first time the unknown area to the south and southeast of the cape, as well as part of the Daly Range The Daly Range or Daly Mountains ( da, Daly Bjerge) is a mountain range in Peary Land, Northern Greenland. Administratively this range is part of the Northeast Gre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cape Ole Chiewitz
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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roosevelt Land
Roosevelt Land ( da, Roosevelts Land) is a peninsula in far northern Greenland. It is a part of the Northeast Greenland National Park.Google Maps The territory was named by Robert Peary after US President Theodore Roosevelt (1858 – 1919). Geography Roosevelt Land is located in western Peary Land, to the north of Amundsen Land, separated from it by the Harder Fjord, To the west it is limited by the Conger Sound, and to the east by Gertrud Rask Land. The northernmost headland is Cape Washington and the westernmost Cape Kane, both on the Lincoln Sea shore. The peninsula is mountainous, deeply cut by glaciated areas. The Roosevelt Range runs across Roosevelt Land eastwards. The main glacier is the Thomas Glacier.GoogleEarth The highest point is a summit found in the southern zone of the central part of the peninsula.Map_of_part_of_Ellesmere_Island_and_far_Northern_Greenland./ref> American_geologist_William_E._Davies.html" ;"title="Ellesmere Island and far Northern Greenland."> ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
