Adolf S. Jensen Land ( da, Ad. S. Jensen Land) is a

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in the southern limit of

King Frederick VIII Land King Frederick VIII Land ( da, Kong Frederik VIII Land) is a major geographic division of northeastern Greenland. It extends above the Arctic Circle from 76°N to 81°N in a N/S direction along the coast of the Greenland Sea. History This vast ...

, northeastern Greenland. Administratively it belongs to the

NE Greenland National Park Northeast Greenland National Park ( kl, Kalaallit Nunaanni nuna eqqissisimatitaq, da, Grønlands Nationalpark) is the world's largest national park and the 10th largest protected area (the only larger protected areas all consist mostly of sea). ...

area.

History

The landmass north of Bessel Fjord was deemed to be an island by the Second German North Polar Expedition led by

Carl Koldewey Carl Christian Koldewey (26 October 1837 – 17 May 1908) was a German Arctic explorer. He led both German North Polar Expeditions. Life and career Koldewey was the son of merchant Johann Christian Koldewey and his wife Wilhelmine Meyer. Koldewey ...

that partially explored the area in 1869–70. Koldewey used the name 'Peschel Island' in the English edition of his 1869–70 narrative. The area was later visited by the ill-fated 1906–08

Denmark Expedition The Denmark expedition ( da, Danmark-ekspeditionen), also known as the Denmark Expedition to Greenland's Northeast Coast, and as the Danmark Expedition after the ship, was an expedition to the northeast of Greenland in 1906–1908. Despite being ...

''(Danmark Ekspeditionen)'' which named a few landmarks, such as the narrow Syttendemajfjorden in the north. Finally the peninsula was surveyed and mapped in 1932 by Lauge Koch during aerial surveys made during the 1931–34 Three-year Expedition to East Greenland ''(Treårsekspeditionen)''. It was named after Danish zoologist

Adolf Severin Jensen Adolf (also spelt Adolph or Adolphe, Adolfo and when Latinised Adolphus) is a given name used in German-speaking countries, Scandinavia, the Netherlands and Flanders, France, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Latin America and to a lesser extent in vari ...

(1866 - 1953), professor at the University of Copenhagen, who had carried out extensive research on the fisheries of

West Greenland Kitaa, originally Vestgrønland ("West Greenland"), is a former administrative division of Greenland. It was by far the most populated of the divisions, being home to almost 90% of the total population. The divisions were de facto replaced by st ...

, and who was a member of the committee of the 1931–34 Three-year Expedition. Besselfjord Station was built in Adolf S. Jensen Land's southeastern shore. Also the ''Alf Bruun Hytta'' and the ''Carl Ritterhytta'', ''Strømsbukta'' and ''Johns Hytta'' hunting huts were built in the eastern part of the peninsula, the latter three by

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while he lived as a trapper in north-eastern Greenland from 1929 to 1934. The Nanok East Greenland Fishing Company built the hunting huts ''Laksehytten'' in 1939 and ''Fiskerhytten'' in 1951, both located at the head of Syttendemajfjorden, and ''Påskehytten'', a hut in the east coast in 1938.

Geography

Adolf S. Jensen Land is bounded in the west by the Soranerbraen Glacier —beyond which lies Rechnitzer Land, in the north by the Fangersund of the Inderbredningen and the Trangsund of the

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. ...

, in the east by the Storebaelt that opens into the

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, and in the south by the Bessel Fjord.

Queen Margrethe II Land Queen Margrethe II Land ( da, Dronning Margrethe II Land) is a peninsula in the northern limit of King Christian X Land, northeastern Greenland. Administratively it belongs to the NE Greenland National Park area. History The peninsula was named a ...

lies to the south of the Bessel Fjord.

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is the peninsula's easternmost point and the Hawkins Vandfald waterfall is located in the southeastern part. There is an ice cap in the SW. Adolf S. Jensen Land is hilly, except for a small area in the southeast, and its coastline is very indented. The peninsula in the north is almost separated from the southern part by a fjord and

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. GoogleEarth The highest elevations are in the southern part and are unnamed.

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is a high mountain in the northern subpeninsula, Kapspidsen is a high mountain near the NE end.

References

Peninsulas of Greenland {{greenland-geo-stub