Louise Boyd Land is an area in

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, Eastern

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. Administratively it lies in the

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zone. The area is remote and uninhabited. Louise Boyd Land was first surveyed by

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from the air in 1932 during the

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. It was named after American Arctic explorer Louise Boyd (1887–1972).

Geography

Louise Boyd Land is a

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region. It is bound to the northwest, north and east by the

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. Beyond the glacier to the northwest lies J. L. Mowinckel Land. In the southeast it is bound by the

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, a branch of

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, beyond which lies Andrée Land. To the south it is separated from Fraenkel Land by the Jætte Glacier. To the west lies the Hamberg Glacier and a region of numerous

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, and beyond them the

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The highest mountain of Louise Boyd Land is marked as a peak in the

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Greenland Navigation charts. Among the glaciers in Louise Boyd Land the

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and the

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deserve mention.

Bibliography

*A. K. Higgins, Jane A. Gilotti, M. Paul Smith (eds.), ''The Greenland Caledonides: Evolution of the Northeast Margin of Laurentia''.

References

External links

Greenland, Louise Glacier at Louise Boyd LandNortheast Greenland, Louise Boyd Land, First Ascents - 2003
Geography of Greenland Geography of the Arctic {{greenland-geo-stub