Nyeboe Land ( da, Nyeboes Land) is a peninsula in far northwestern

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. It is a part of the

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History

Nyeboe Land was named after engineer Marius Nyeboe (1867–1946), chairman of the committee of

Knud Rasmussen Knud Johan Victor Rasmussen (; 7 June 1879 – 21 December 1933) was a Greenlandic–Danish polar explorer and anthropologist. He has been called the "father of Eskimology" (now often known as Inuit Studies or Greenlandic and Arctic Studie ...

's Fifth Thule Expedition.

Geography

Nyeboe Land is located to the northeast of

Hall Land Hall Land is a peninsula in far northwestern Greenland. It is a part of the Northeast Greenland National Park. Hall Land is one of the coldest places in Greenland. History Hall Land was named after Charles Francis Hall, leader of the 1871 Polar ...

in the west, and southwest of

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and west of

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and the Steensby Glacier in the east. It is bounded to the north by the

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and to the east by

Saint George Fjord Saint George Fjord is a fjord in northern Greenland. To the north, the fjord opens into the Lincoln Sea. Administratively it is part of the Northeast Greenland National Park. Geography It is a fairly large fjord that opens to the NNW between Cap ...

. Newman Fjord (Newman Bay) marks the western limit of Nyeboe Land. To the south and southeast the peninsula is attached to the mainland and its ice cap. The Dreyer Firn is located in the southwest, near the Saint George Fjord's shore. There are three small bays in the northern shore,

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, Hand Bay and Frankfield Bay, from west to east.Repulse Havn
/ref> Nyeboe Land is largely

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and mountainous.

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high Punch Mountain, the highest elevation of the peninsula, is located at the northern end.''Prostar Sailing Directions 2005 Greenland and Iceland Enroute,'' p. 94 Other important summits are Korsgård Mountain,

Mount Wyatt The Rawson Mountains lie within the Queen Maud Mountains to the southeast of the Ross Ice Shelf. They stand between the head of the Amundsen and Scott Glaciers. Peaks within the range include Mount Wyatt (2930 m) and Mount Weaver (2780 m). Feat ...

and Nina Bang Mountain.

References

External links

Peter R. Dawes, ''The Nyeboe Land fault zone: a major dislocation on the Greenland coast along northern Nares Strait ''
Peninsulas of Greenland {{greenland-geo-stub

History

Geography

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