Amundsen Land ( da, Amundsens Land) or Amundsenland, is a

peninsula A peninsula (; ) is a landform that extends from a mainland and is surrounded by water on most, but not all of its borders. A peninsula is also sometimes defined as a piece of land bordered by water on three of its sides. Peninsulas exist on all ...

in central North

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. It is a part of the

Northeast 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 List of largest protected areas in the world, largest protected area (the only large ...

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The territory was named after Norwegian explorer

Roald Amundsen Roald Engelbregt Gravning Amundsen (, ; ; 16 July 1872 – ) was a Norwegian explorer of polar regions. He was a key figure of the period known as the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration. Born in Borge, Østfold, Norway, Amundsen bega ...

(1872 – 1928).

Geography

Amundsen Land is located in western

Peary Land Peary Land is a peninsula in northern Greenland, extending into the Arctic Ocean. It reaches from Victoria Fjord in the west to Independence Fjord in the south and southeast, and to the Arctic Ocean in the north, with Cape Morris Jesup, the north ...

, to the south of

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, separated from it by the

Harder Fjord Harder Fjord ( da, Harders Fjord) is a fjord in Peary Land, far northern Greenland.Google Maps The Harder Ford Fault Zone (HFFZ) is a geological structural feature in North Greenland named after the fjord. Geography Harder Fjord is the innermost ...

and the Dreng Glacier ''(Dreng Brae)'' at its head. To the west it is limited by the

Weyprecht Fjord Weyprecht Fjord is a fjord in Peary Land, northern Greenland. To the northwest, the fjord opens into the Lincoln Sea of the Arctic Ocean. It is part of the Northeast Greenland National Park. The fjord is named after Austro-Hungarian Arctic explor ...

, and to the south by the O.B. Bøggild Fjord and the

Nordpasset The Nordpasset, meaning "North Pass" in Danish, is a glacial valley in Peary Land, Greenland. Administratively it is part of the Northeast Greenland National Park.Google Maps The valley was first mapped by Lauge Koch during his cartographic air ...

, beyond which lies the

Hans Tausen Ice Cap Hans Tausen Ice Cap ( da, Hans Tausens Iskappe) is an ice cap in Peary Land, northern Greenland. Administratively it is part of the Northeast Greenland National Park. Age Ice cores show it is around 3500–4000 years old. It formed since the ...

. The westernmost headland is

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Amundsen Land is mountainous with many

glaciated A glacier (; ) is a persistent body of dense ice that is constantly moving under its own weight. A glacier forms where the accumulation of snow exceeds its ablation over many years, often centuries. It acquires distinguishing features, such as ...

areas. The highest point is a summit in the central part of the peninsula.Map
of part of

Ellesmere Island Ellesmere Island ( iu, script=Latn, Umingmak Nuna, lit=land of muskoxen; french: île d'Ellesmere) is Canada's northernmost and List of Canadian islands by area, third largest island, and the List of islands by area, tenth largest in the world. ...

and far Northern Greenland.

Bibliography

*H.P. Trettin (ed.), ''Geology of the Innuitian Orogen and Arctic Platform of Canada and Greenland.'' 1991

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Base-metal and REE anomalies in lower Palaeozoic sedimentary rocks of Amundsen Land, central North Greenland: implications for Zn-Pb potentialCambrian - Lower Silurian slope and basin stratigraphy between northern Nyeboe Land and western Amundsen Land, North GreenlandThe Earliest Annelids: Lower Cambrian Polychaetes from the Sirius Passet Lagerstätte, Peary Land, North Greenland
Peninsulas of Greenland Peary Land {{greenland-geo-stub

Geography

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