Polkorridoren (meaning "Polar Corridor" in
Danish
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), formerly known as Nordpassagen,
is a
mountain pass in
Peary Land
Peary Land is a peninsula in northern Greenland, extending into the Arctic Ocean. It reaches from Victoria Fjord in the west to Independence Fjord in the south and southeast, and to the Arctic Ocean in the north, with Cape Morris Jesup, the nort ...
,
Greenland
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. Administratively it is part of the
Northeast Greenland National Park.
In 1953 a geological expedition went through the Polkorridoren pass crossing the
Roosevelt Range
The Roosevelt Range or Roosevelt Mountains ( da, Roosevelt Fjelde) is a mountain range in Northern Greenland. Administratively this range is part of the Northeast Greenland National Park. Its highest peak is the highest point in Peary Land.
Loca ...
from south to north.
The
Polkorridoren Group is a geological formation named after the pass.
Geography
The pass is located in the central / western sector of the
Roosevelt Range
The Roosevelt Range or Roosevelt Mountains ( da, Roosevelt Fjelde) is a mountain range in Northern Greenland. Administratively this range is part of the Northeast Greenland National Park. Its highest peak is the highest point in Peary Land.
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, east of
Gertrud Rask Land
Gertrud Rask Land ( da, Gertrud Rasks Land) is an area in Peary Land, North Greenland. Administratively it is part of the Northeast Greenland National Park.Google Maps
The territory was named by Lauge Koch after Gertrud Rask (1673 – 1735), the ...
. It runs from north to south between the
glacial valley
U-shaped valleys, also called trough valleys or glacial troughs, are formed by the process of glaciation. They are characteristic of mountain glaciation in particular. They have a characteristic U shape in cross-section, with steep, straight s ...
of
Sands Fjord to the north and the valley of
Frigg Fjord
Frigg Fjord ( da, Friggs Fjord) is a fjord in Peary Land, far northern Greenland.
The archaeological remains in the northern shore and at the head of this fjord belong to the northernmost human settlements in human history.Bjarne Grønnow, Jens Fo ...
to the south.
Helvetia Tinde rises to the west.
See also
*
Nordpasset
*
Sirius Passet
Sirius Passet is a Cambrian Lagerstätte in Peary Land, Greenland. The Sirius Passet Lagerstätte was named after the Sirius sledge patrol that operates in North Greenland. It comprises six places in Nansen Land, on the east shore of J.P. Koch F ...
References
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A geochronological and petrological study of a Cretaceous mafic dyke swarm, Peary Land, North GreenlandStratigraphy and depositional history of the Upper Palaeozoic and Triassic sediments in the Wandel Sea Basin, central and eastern North Greenland
Landforms of Greenland
Peary Land