Wulff Land ( da, Wulffs Land) is a peninsula in far northwestern

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 ...

. Administratively it is a part of the Northeast Greenland National Park.

History

Wulff Land was named after Swedish botanist and Arctic explorer Thorild Wulff (1867–1917), who went with

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 ...

on the Second Thule Expedition and died from fatigue near Cape Agassiz in southern

Peabody Bay Peabody Bay ( da, Peabody Bugt) is a large bay in northwestern Greenland. Administratively it is part of Avannaata municipality. Geography Peabody Bay is located on the eastern side of the Kane Basin off the western end of the Humboldt Glacier. Ca ...

.Mark Nuttall, ''Encyclopedia of the Arctic'', p. 1744 The Wulff Land peninsula is a barren and inhospitable place. Unlike

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 ...

to the NE, no remains of human habitation have been found.

Geography

Wulff Land is located to the northeast of

Warming Land Warming Land is a peninsula in far northern Greenland. Administratively it is a part of the Northeast Greenland National Park. It was named after Danish botanist and ecologist Eugen Warming (1841 – 1924). Geography Warming Land is located be ...

and east of

Hendrik Island Hendrik Island is an island in far northern Greenland. Its area is 583 km2. It is part of the Northeast Greenland National Park. The island is named after Inuit Arctic explorer Hendrik Olsen, who was a member of Knud Rasmussen's Second Th ...

across the

Sherard Osborn Fjord Sherard Osborn Fjord is a fjord in northern Greenland. To the NNW, the fjord opens into the Lincoln Sea. Administratively it is part of the Northeast Greenland National Park. This fjord was named after Royal Navy admiral and Arctic explorer She ...

. Nares Land lies to the east, across the Victoria Fjord and Stephenson Island to the northeast.

Cape May Cape May consists of a peninsula and barrier island system in the U.S. state of New Jersey. It is roughly coterminous with Cape May County and runs southwards from the New Jersey mainland, separating Delaware Bay from the Atlantic Ocean. The so ...

in the

Lincoln Sea Lincoln Sea (french: Mer de Lincoln; da, Lincolnhavet) is a body of water in the Arctic Ocean, stretching from Cape Columbia, Canada, in the west to Cape Morris Jesup, Greenland, in the east. The northern limit is defined as the great circle lin ...

is its northernmost headland. To the south the peninsula is attached to the mainland and its ice cap. Wulff Land is a 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 ...

and mountainous peninsula with a large

firn __NOTOC__ Firn (; from Swiss German "last year's", cognate with ''before'') is partially compacted névé, a type of snow that has been left over from past seasons and has been recrystallized into a substance denser than névé. It is ice that ...

cap, The

Sven Hedin Firn Sven (in Danish and Norwegian, also Svend and also in Norwegian most commonly Svein) is a Scandinavian first name which is also used in the Low Countries and German-speaking countries. The name itself is Old Norse for "young man" or "young war ...

, in its northern part. There are lakes with a landlocked fjord structure in the southern part where the Blue Cliffs rise above one of the lakes.

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In the southwest lies Aage Bistrup Land, and west of it the Ryder Glacier, across which lies Permin Land.''Prostar Sailing Directions 2005 Greenland and Iceland Enroute,'' p. 94

Bibliography

*H.P. Trettin (ed.), ''Geology of the Innuitian Orogen and Arctic Platform of Canada and Greenland''. Geological Survey of Canada (1991)

References

External links

Silurian graptolites from N Greenland - Geological Society
Peninsulas of Greenland {{greenland-geo-stub

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