Germania Land or Germanialand 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 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 is t ...

. Despite the high latitude it is largely

unglaciated 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 ...

History

This peninsula was named by

Ludvig Mylius-Erichsen Ludvig Mylius-Erichsen (15 January 1872 – 25 November 1907) was a Danish author, ethnologist, and explorer, from Ringkøbing. He was most notably an explorer of Greenland. Literary expedition With Count Harald Moltke and Knud Rasmussen Mylius-E ...

, leader of the

Danmark 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 ...

, to commemorate its survey by the Second

German North Polar Expedition The German North Polar Expeditions were a short series of mid-19th century German expeditions to the Arctic. The aim was to explore the North Pole region and to brand the newly united, Prussian-led German Empire as a great power. In 1866, German ge ...

led by Carl Koldewey in 1869 on the vessel ''Germania'' and as a compliment to

Alfred Wegener Alfred Lothar Wegener (; ; 1 November 1880 – November 1930) was a German climatologist, geologist, geophysicist, meteorologist, and polar researcher. During his lifetime he was primarily known for his achievements in meteorology and ...

, the German member of the ''Danmark expedition''. In central Germania Land there is a

cairn A cairn is a man-made pile (or stack) of stones raised for a purpose, usually as a marker or as a burial mound. The word ''cairn'' comes from the gd, càrn (plural ). Cairns have been and are used for a broad variety of purposes. In prehis ...

erected by the members of the Second German North Polar Expedition on 15 April 1870 in order to mark the farthest northern point they reached.

Geography

Germania Land is located in

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 ...

, in 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 ...

, between the

Skaerfjord 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 ...

and

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. ...

Store Koldewey Store Koldewey, meaning 'Big Koldewey', is the largest of the Koldewey Islands in King Frederick VIII Land, northeastern Greenland. History The island was visited by the Second German North Polar Expedition 1869–70, led by Carl Koldewey and r ...

island lies south of

Cape Bismarck Cape Bismarck ( da, Kap Bismarck) is a headland in King Frederick VIII Land, Northeast Greenland. Administratively it is part of the Northeast Greenland National Park. History Cape Bismarck was first mapped by Carl Koldewey (1837–1908) durin ...

, the southeastern point of the peninsula. The

Musk Ox Mountains Musk (Persian: مشک, ''Mushk'') is a class of aromatic substances commonly used as base notes in perfumery. They include glandular secretions from animals such as the musk deer, numerous plants emitting similar fragrances, and artificial su ...

''(Moskusoksefjeldene)'' are a hill range located east of Hvalrosodden, a small peninsula. There are also two lakes with a fjord structure,

Seal Lake Seal Lake ( da, Sælsøen), also known as Sael Lake, Saelso, Saelsöen and Sælsø, is a land-locked freshwater fjord in southern King Frederick VIII Land, in Greenland's northeastern coast. The Danish weather station Danmarkshavn —the only i ...

and

Annex Lake Annex or Annexe refers to a building joined to or associated with a main building, providing additional space or accommodations. It may also refer to: Places * The Annex The Annex is a neighbourhood in Downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Th ...

. The Danmarkshavn weather station is on the southern shore of the Germania Land Peninsula.Danmarkshavn
/ref> It was named by the 1906–08 Danmark Expedition after 'Danmark', the ship of the expedition which wintered there. ,

Bibliography

* Koldewey, Carl (1874) ''German Arctic Expedition of 1869-70, and Narrative of the Wreck of the 'Hansa' in the Ice,'' London: Sampson Low, Marston, Low, & Searle

References

External links

* Peninsulas of Greenland {{greenland-geo-stub