Nathorst Land is an area in
King Christian X Land
King Christian X Land ( da, Kong Christian X Land) is an area of northeastern Greenland.
History
This area was named after King Christian X of Denmark and Iceland (1870 – 1947), who rose to the throne in 1912. At the time of the Three-year ...
, Eastern
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 i ...
. It lies in the
Northeast Greenland National Park zone. The area is remote and uninhabited.
Nathorst Land was named after Swedish Arctic explorer
Alfred Gabriel Nathorst
Alfred Gabriel Nathorst (7 November 1850 – 20 January 1921) was a Swedish Arctic explorer, geologist, and palaeobotanist.
Life
He was born in Väderbrunn in Sweden.
Nathorst's interest in geology was awoken by Charles Lyell’s ‘’Pr ...
(1850–1921) by
Lauge Koch
Lauge Koch (5 July 1892 – 5 June 1964) was a Danish geologist and Arctic explorer.
Biography
Lauge Koch was born in 1892 to Karl and Elisabeth Koch. His development as a scientist was greatly influenced by his father's second cousin Johan P ...
during aerial surveys in 1932 which were part of the
Three-year Expedition to East Greenland
The Three-year Expedition ( da, Treårsekspeditionen) was an exploratory expedition to East Greenland that lasted from 1931 to 1934 financed by the Carlsberg Foundation and the Danish state. The expedition included aerial surveys.
Many geograph ...
.
Geography
Nathorst Land is a
mountainous
A mountain is an elevated portion of the Earth's crust, generally with steep sides that show significant exposed bedrock. Although definitions vary, a mountain may differ from a plateau in having a limited summit area, and is usually higher th ...
region bounded by the
F. Graae Glacier and the inner
Nordvestfjord
Nordvestfjord, meaning 'Northwest Fjord', ( kl, Kangertertivarmît Kangertivat) is a fjord in King Christian X Land, eastern Greenland.
Administratively most of its length lies in the Northeast Greenland National Park area, at the border of Sermer ...
to the south, and to the north by
Tærskeldal and
Forsblad Fjord, beyond which lies
Lyell Land. To the east it is separated from the
Stauning Alps
The Stauning Alps ( da, Stauning Alper) are a large system of mountain ranges in Scoresby Land, King Christian X Land, northeastern Greenland. Administratively the Stauning Alps are part of the Northeast Greenland National Park zone.
This mount ...
region by the
Alpefjord,
Prinsesse Glacier and
Borgbjerg Glacier.
To the west lies
Charcot Land
Charcot Land is a peninsula of Eastern Greenland, part of the Scoresby Sound system. It lies in the Northeast Greenland National Park zone.
The area is remote and uninhabited. It was named after French Polar explorer Jean-Baptiste Charcot (186 ...
and to the northwest the
Sortehest nunatak and the
Greenland ice sheet.
[ Google Earth]
Besides the ones bounding it, there are several glaciers in Nathorst Land, such as the
Hammerskjøld Glacier,
Jomfru Glacier,
Violin Glacier,
Toscano Glacier,
Syd Glacier,
Princess Glacier,
Spærre Glacier,
Trekant Glacier and the
Sydvest Glacier, as well as the
Ismarken ice cap.
Among the mountain ranges, the
Häsi Mountains and the
Klosterbjerge 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
Magnetic susceptibilities of rocks in Gletscherland, Nathorst Land, and Charcot Land, East GreenlandAge, provenance and post-deposition metamorphic overprint of detrital zircons from the Nathorst Land group
Geography of Greenland
Geography of the Arctic
{{greenland-geo-stub
nl:Nathorstland (Groenland)