Wyckoff Land is an area or

peninsula A peninsula (; ) is a landform that extends from a mainland and is surrounded by water on most, but not all of its borders. A peninsula is also sometimes defined as a piece of land bordered by water on three of its sides. Peninsulas exist on all ...

in Peary Land, Northern Greenland. This geographic feature was named by

Robert Peary Robert Edwin Peary Sr. (; May 6, 1856 – February 20, 1920) was an American explorer and officer in the United States Navy who made several expeditions to the Arctic in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He is best known for, in Apri ...

after

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, one of the founding members of the

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History

When Robert Peary reached the area the weather was foggy and he assumed that the landform he stood upon was an island which he named "Clarence Wyckoff Island". He waited for two days for the fog to clear and then he returned. ''Pearys Vardenæs'' is a

cairn A cairn is a man-made pile (or stack) of stones raised for a purpose, usually as a marker or as a burial mound. The word ''cairn'' comes from the gd, càrn (plural ). Cairns have been and are used for a broad variety of purposes. In prehis ...

built in 1900 by Peary before he returned towards the west. It stands in the outermost part of Wyckoff Land between Skaerbugt and Hellefisk Fjord. Two

Independence I Independence I was a culture of Paleo-Eskimos who lived in northern Greenland and the Canadian Arctic between 2400 and 1900 BC. There has been much debate among scholars on when Independence I culture disappeared, and, therefore, there is a margin ...

archaeological sites have been discovered on the headland.

Geography

Wyckoff Land lies in northern

Herluf Trolle Land Herluf Trolle Land is an area in Peary Land, North Greenland. Administratively it is part of the Northeast Greenland National Park.Google Maps The area has two clearly defined parts: Herlufsholm Strand, the flat southeasterly point of Peary Land, ...

, by the northeastern shore of Peary Land, between

G.B. Schley Fjord G.B. Schley Fjord is a fjord in Peary Land, northern Greenland. To the east, the fjord opens into the Wandel Sea of the Arctic Ocean. The fjord was named by Robert Peary after G.B. Schley, one of the founding members of the Peary Arctic Club in ...

to the west and

Hellefisk Fjord Hellefisk Fjord ( da, Hellefiskefjord) is a fjord in Peary Land, northern Greenland. To the northeast, the fjord opens into the Wandel Sea of the Arctic Ocean. This fjord is named after the Greenland halibut ( da, Hellefisk). Geography The Hellefi ...

to the east. To the southwest the peninsula is attached to the mainland and to the northeast lies the Wandel Sea of the Arctic Ocean.

Cape Clarence Wyckoff Cape Clarence Wyckoff ( da, Kap Clarence Wyckoff), also known as Cape Wyckoff, is a broad headland in the Wandel Sea, Arctic Ocean, northernmost Greenland. Administratively it is part of the Northeast Greenland National Park. History In 1900 Pea ...

is located to the southeast of the eastern shore and

Mount Clarence Wyckoff Mount Clarence Wyckoff ( da, Clarence Wyckoff Fjeld or ''Clarence Wyckoff Bjerg'') is a mountain in Peary Land, Northern Greenland. Administratively the mountain belongs to the Northeast Greenland National Park.Google Maps The peak was named af ...

rises to the east, on the other side of Hellefisk Fjord.''Prostar Sailing Directions 2005 Greenland and Iceland Enroute'', p. 129

References

Peninsulas of Greenland Peary Land {{greenland-geo-stub

History

Geography

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