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Renland
Renland is a peninsula in eastern Greenland. It is a part of the Sermersooq municipality. Despite its proximity to the coast Renland has an ice cap climate with bitterly cold winters and very low maximum temperatures in the summer. Renland was named after the reindeer which were found formerly in the area, but disappeared around the early 20th century.Archaeology, p. 18 Geography Renland is surrounded to the north by the Nordvestfjord of the Scoresby Sound, to the south by the 6 to 10 km wide Ofjord and to the southwest by the Rype Fjord. To the west the peninsula is attached to the mainland and to the northwest lies Th. Sørensen Land and beyond it the Hinksland peninsula. Nathorst Land lies to the north, across the Nordvestfjord The Bjorne Islands lie off its eastern shore and to the south across the Ofjord lie the islands of Milneland and Storo. Renland has its own ice cap on a high plateau in the middle of the peninsula and in the southern part there are glacial lakes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hinksland
Hinksland ( da, 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 Flyver Fjord. 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. The highest point of the peninsula is a mountain located in the southern part rising above the Flyver Fjord. Geologically Hinksland is part of the Vestfjord-Hinksland gneiss and schist zone crystalline complex.Harold Williams ed. ''Geology of the Appalachian—Caledonian Orogen in Canada and Greenland'', p. 898 Hinksland is at the southern limit of the eastern coasta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scoresby Sound
Scoresby Sound (Danish: ''Scoresby Sund'', Greenlandic: ''Kangertittivaq'') is a large fjord system of the Greenland Sea on the eastern coast of Greenland. It has a tree-like structure, with a main body approximately Scoresby Sund Encyclopædia Britannica on-line long that branches into a system of s covering an area of about . The longest of the fjords extends 340–350 km (210-216 mi) inland from the coastline. The depth is 400–600 m (1,310-1,970 ft) in the main basin, but depths increase to up to in some fjords. It is one of the largest and longest fjord systems in the world.Archaeology, p. 7 On the northern side of the mouth of the Scoresb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Milne Land
Milne Land or Milneland is a large island in eastern Greenland. It is the third largest island of Greenland, after the main island of Greenland and Disko Island. It is named after British admiral David Milne. This island is popular among climbers. Geography The island is long from Moraene Point in the southwest to Bregne Point in the northeast, up to wide, and in area. It is part of an archipelago, which includes Storo and Sorte Island in the Northwest, Denmark Island in the south, and the Bjorne Islands in the northeast. Cape Leslie is Milneland's southeastern headland. Milne Land is separated from the Renland peninsula in the north by the 6 to wide Ofjord, from the Gaaseland peninsula in the south by the 4 to wide Fonfjord, and from the mainland coast in the west by the 4 to wide Rode Fjord. Jameson Land , the large peninsula in the east with the settlement of Ittoqqortoormiit on its southern coast, is located more than away across the Scoresby Sound. Image gallery ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Milneland
Milne Land or Milneland is a large island in eastern Greenland. It is the third largest island of Greenland, after the main island of Greenland and Disko Island. It is named after British admiral David Milne. This island is popular among climbers. Geography The island is long from Moraene Point in the southwest to Bregne Point in the northeast, up to wide, and in area. It is part of an archipelago, which includes Storo and Sorte Island in the Northwest, Denmark Island in the south, and the Bjorne Islands in the northeast. Cape Leslie is Milneland's southeastern headland. Milne Land is separated from the Renland peninsula in the north by the 6 to wide Ofjord, from the Gaaseland peninsula in the south by the 4 to wide Fonfjord, and from the mainland coast in the west by the 4 to wide Rode Fjord. Jameson Land , the large peninsula in the east with the settlement of Ittoqqortoormiit on its southern coast, is located more than away across the Scoresby Sound. Image gallery ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nordvestfjord
Nordvestfjord, meaning 'Northwest Fjord', ( kl, Kangertertivarmît Kangertivat) is a fjord in King Christian X Land, eastern Greenland. Administratively most of its length lies in the Northeast Greenland National Park area, at the border of Sermersooq municipality. This fjord is part of the Scoresby Sound system. The distance from the head of Nordvestfjord across Hall Bredning to the mouth of Scoresby Sound is , which makes this continuous stretch of water the longest fjord in the world. History The Nordvestfjord fjord was named by Carl Ryder during his Ryder's East Greenland Expedition, 1891–92 expedition because of its approximate northwestern direction.''Catalogue of place names in northern East Greenland''. Geological Survey of Denmark. Ryder, however, was prevented from exploring it because it was already September, new ice was forming, and a very strong wind was blowing from the interior of the fjord. Geography This long and very deep fjord is the northernmost arm of the S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Storo (Greenland)
Storo ( da, Storø, meaning 'Big island') is an uninhabited island in the Scoresby Sound fjord, Sermersooq Municipality, eastern Greenland. Geography Roughly triangular in shape, Storo lies to the SW of Renland and is separated by the Snesund from the NW shore of Milneland. The small Sorte Island lies off its southern point. The island lies between the Ofjord to the north and the Rode Fjord to the west; the mouths of the Hare Fjord and the Rype Fjord are off its northwestern end. The island has an area of 198.3 km2 and a shoreline of 63.3 kilometres. Storo has an ultra prominent mountain of in height. Currently, the Canadian public company Greenland Resources Inc holds the mineral rights for Storø and is conducting advance exploration programs to evaluate the economic feasibility of building a gold mine. 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 n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liverpool Land
Liverpool Land is a peninsula in eastern Greenland. Geography The peninsula is bounded by Scoresby Sund in the south, Carlsberg Fjord in the northwest, ''Kangerterajiva'' (Hurry Inlet) in the southwest, the Greenland Sea in the east, and Jameson Land in the west. It was named by William Scoresby, who thought that Hurry Inlet had a confluence with Carlsberg Fjord, separating Liverpool Land from Jameson Land. The fjord-rich peninsula is long from Kap Greville in the north to Uunarteq ( da, Kap Tobin) in the south, up to wide, and measures about in area. It is connected to Jameson Land over a length of . A large part of Liverpool Land is mountainous, the Didrik Pining Range and the Heywood Range are located in the peninsula. Warming Island is located approximately off the northeastern tip of Liverpool Land. Storefjord indents the peninsula from the east about , almost cutting it into two. The southern coast of Liverpool Land is the location of the town of Ittoqqortoormiit a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nordvestfjord(js)
Nordvestfjord, meaning 'Northwest Fjord', ( kl, Kangertertivarmît Kangertivat) is a fjord in King Christian X Land, eastern Greenland. Administratively most of its length lies in the Northeast Greenland National Park area, at the border of Sermersooq municipality. This fjord is part of the Scoresby Sound system. The distance from the head of Nordvestfjord across Hall Bredning to the mouth of Scoresby Sound is , which makes this continuous stretch of water the longest fjord in the world. History The Nordvestfjord fjord was named by Carl Ryder during his 1891–92 expedition because of its approximate northwestern direction.''Catalogue of place names in northern East Greenland''. Geological Survey of Denmark. Ryder, however, was prevented from exploring it because it was already September, new ice was forming, and a very strong wind was blowing from the interior of the fjord. Geography This long and very deep fjord is the northernmost arm of the Scoresby Sound. It is mostly surrou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Constable Point
Nerlerit Inaat Airport ( kl, Mittarfik Nerlerit Inaat, da, Constable Pynt Lufthavn) is an airport in the Sermersooq municipality in eastern Greenland. It is located on Jameson Land and serves the town of Ittoqqortoormiit, approximately to the south-east. The airport can serve STOL aircraft. An AS 350 helicopter of Air Greenland is permanently housed at the airport, linking it with Ittoqqortoormiit Heliport. The helicopter also provides search and rescue capabilities within the surrounding area, and can be Air charter, chartered for transport. On July 28, 2021, in Nerlerit Inaat Airport, a temperature of was recorded. History The airport was built in 1985 by the US oil company ARCO in connection with oil exploration in Jameson Land. It was sold to Greenland in 1990. In summer 2004 the airport was the destination of an arctic trip by two German microlight pilots flying a Flight Design CT2K light aircraft. The airport may be relocated to a new site on Liverpool Land closer to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ofjord
Ofjord ( kl, Ikaasakajik; da, Øfjord, meaning 'Island Fjord') is a fjord in King Christian X Land, eastern Greenland. This fjord is part of the Scoresby Sound system.''Prostar Sailing Directions 2005 Greenland and Iceland Enroute'', p. 115 Administratively it lies in the area of Sermersooq municipality. History The Øfjord was named in 1891 by Carl Ryder during his 1891–92 East Greenland Expedition owing to the islands on the southern side of its mouth. The Greenlandic name ''Ikaasakajik'' ("the bad sound") originated in a 1955 name registration by the Geodetical Institute of Denmark ''(Geodætisk Institut)''. The name makes reference to the persistent katabatic winds blowing along the fjord. Geography The to wide Ofjord is a sound with a fjord structure located in the northern Hall Gulf ''(Hall Bredning)'', part of the inner Scoresby Sound. From its mouth near the Bjorne Islands this fjord runs in a roughly NE/SW direction for about until it bends and runs in a slight ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rype Fjord
Rype Fjord ( kl, Aqissip Kangertiva; da, Rypefjord, meaning 'Grouse Fjord') is a fjord in King Christian X Land, eastern Greenland. This fjord is part of the Scoresby Sound system in the area of Sermersooq municipality. Geography The to wide and roughly long Rype Fjord is located in the inner Scoresby Sound. This fjord is an offshoot of the Ofjord ''(Øfjord)''. At the confluence the Rype Fjord branches to the northwest off the northern shore of the Ofjord, while the Hare Fjord runs in a westerly direction and the Rode Fjord branches towards the south. The Eielson Glacier is at the fjord's head flowing from the west. The glacier tongue is about 25 kilometers NW of the mouth of the fjord. The fjord is only 2.9 km wide at the mouth, becoming broader towards the north until reaching a width of over 5 km. To the northeast the fjord is bound by Renland and to the west by Grabenland where there is a summit reaching a height of above the glacier. See also *List of fjords o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scoresby Land
Scoresby Land is an area of Eastern Greenland, which lies partly in Sermersooq and partly in the Northeast Greenland National Park zone. The area is uninhabited, except for Mestersvig, a military outpost. Muskoxen are found in Scoresby Land, and formerly also reindeer. Geography It is a mostly mountainous region, its northern part being made up of steep, difficult terrain, while the southern part towards Sydkap is smoother and more accessible.Hanne Tuborg Sandell, Birger Sandell. ''Archaeology and Environment in the Scoresby Sund Fjord'', p. 7 Scoresby Land is bound to the north by the King Oscar Fjord and its Segelsällskapet Fjord branch, to the south by the Scoresby Sound, Hall Bredning and the Nordvestfjord, and to the west by the Borgbjerg Glacier, the Princess Glacier, a part of Furesø and the Alpefjord, beyond which lies Nathorst Land. The Holger Danske Briller lakes are located in the region. Although formerly only the Stauning Alps and the northern part of Jam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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