Alabama Nunatak is a
nunatak in the
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 va ...
area of northeastern
Greenland
Greenland ( kl, Kalaallit Nunaat, ; da, Grønland, ) is an island country in North America that is part of the Kingdom of Denmark. It is located between the Arctic and Atlantic oceans, east of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. Greenland i ...
. Administratively it is part of the
Northeast Greenland National Park zone.
History
This nunatak was named by
Ejnar Mikkelsen
Ejnar Mikkelsen (December 23, 1880 – May 1, 1971) was a Danish polar explorer and author. He is most known for his expeditions to Greenland.
Biography
Mikkelsen was born in Vester Brønderslev, Jutland. He served in the Georg Carl Amdrup exp ...
after his ship during the 1909-12
Alabama Expedition.
[''Catalogue of place names in northern East Greenland'', Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland] Mikkelsen and Iver Iversen went up the Storstrommen to reach the head of the
Danmark Fjord, leaving this nunatak on the left in their arduous
dogsled
A dog sled or dog sleigh is a sled pulled by one or more sled dogs used to travel over ice and through snow. Numerous types of sleds are used, depending on their function. They can be used for dog sled racing. Traditionally in Greenland and the ...
journey over the ice.
Few details are known about the circumstances of sighting and mapping of this nunatak, for Mikkelsen's diary, which had been kept in a cache at a rocky islet in
Skaer Fjord
Skaer Fjord, ( da, Skærfjorden, meaning "Reef Fjord") is a fjord in King Frederick VIII Land, northeastern Greenland.
History
Skaerfjorden was named by the 1906-1908 Denmark expedition, which named it thus owing to the numerous reefs and skerr ...
, was destroyed by a
polar bear.
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Geography
The Alabama Nunatak is located just north of the Ymer Nunatak, the northernmost spur of the Queen Louise Land
Queen Louise Land ( da, Dronning Louise Land; kl, Nuna Dronning Louise) is a vast mountainous region located west of Dove Bay, King Frederick VIII Land, northeastern Greenland. Administratively it is part of the Northeast Greenland National P ...
group, and south of the Bildsoe Nunatak. It rises at the SW end of Duke of Orleans Land, west of the area where the Storstrommen begins to flow southwards.
See also
* List of mountains in Greenland
This is a list of mountains in Greenland.
List
For each mountain, the municipality in which it is located is given, along with coordinates indicating the approximate centre of the mountain (follow the link to see satellite images of the location ...
* List of nunataks of Greenland
References
Mountains of Greenland
Nunataks of Greenland
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