Daugaard-Jensen Land, ( da, Daugård-Jensen Land), is a peninsula in northwestern

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. It is a part of the Avannaata municipality. Daugaard-Jensen Land was named in honour of

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(1871–1938), who was Inspector of Greenland between 1900 and 1912.

Geography

Daugaard-Jensen Land is located between

Washington Land Washington Land is a peninsula in northwestern Greenland. It is a part of the Avannaata municipality. Washington Land was explored in the 19th century. Traditionally it was one of the hunting grounds of the Inuit, but there are archaeological rem ...

and the

Petermann Glacier Petermann Glacier ( da, Petermann Gletsjer) is a large glacier located in North-West Greenland to the east of Nares Strait. It connects the Greenland ice sheet to the Arctic Ocean at 81°10' north latitude, near Hans Island. The glacier and its ...

. The Cass Fjord is at the southern end, beyond which lies the

Humboldt Glacier Humboldt Glacier ( da, Humboldt Gletscher) is one of the major glaciers in northern Greenland. The glacier is named after German naturalist Alexander von Humboldt and is the widest tidewater glacier in the Northern Hemisphere. Geography The Humb ...

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The Pentamerus Range is located in the middle/northern region. The northern coast runs between Aleqatsiaq Fjord and

Bessel Fjord Bessel Fjord is a fjord in northeastern Greenland. Administratively it belongs to the NE Greenland National Park area. History The area around the mouth of this fjord was referred to as "Bessel Bay" at the time of the 1869–70 Second German Nor ...

, east of which the

Petermann Peninsula Petermann may refer to: Places Antarctica * Petermann Island *Petermann Ranges (Antarctica) Australia * Petermann, Northern Territory, a locality *Petermann Orogeny, a geological feature *Petermann Ranges (Australia) Greenland *Petermann Glaci ...

extends northwards.''Prostar Sailing Directions 2005 Greenland and Iceland Enroute,'' p. 93

Bibliography

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

References

External links

Washington Land and Daugaard Land; Description of an airborne combined electromagnetic and magnetic survey in Greenland 1998
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