The Devil's Castle () is a conspicuous mountain rising above the
Kaiser Franz Joseph Fjord Kaiser Franz Joseph Fjord (; ) is the northernmost fjord system in the NE Greenland National Park area, East Greenland.
Geography
The Kaiser Franz Joseph Fjord has its mouth in the Foster Bay of the Greenland Sea, between Cape Mackenzie at th ...
at the SE end of
Andrée Land Andrée or Andree may refer to:
People
* Andrée (given name)
* Andree (surname)
Places
* Andree, Minnesota, unincorporated community in Stanchfield Township, Isanti County, Minnesota
* 1296 Andrée, asteroid
* Andrée Land (Svalbard)
* Andrée La ...
in eastern
Greenland
Greenland is an autonomous territory in the Danish Realm, Kingdom of Denmark. It is by far the largest geographically of three constituent parts of the kingdom; the other two are metropolitan Denmark and the Faroe Islands. Citizens of Greenlan ...
.
The feature is within the boundaries of
Northeast Greenland National Park
Northeast Greenland National Park (, ) is the world's largest national park and the 10th largest protected area (the only larger protected areas consist mostly of sea). Established in 1974, the Northeast Greenland national park expanded to its p ...
, the largest park on earth.
Geography
The Devil's Castle is a prominent mountain of reddish rock with a lighter stripe extending diagonally across its face. It is located within the
Kaiser Franz Joseph Fjord Kaiser Franz Joseph Fjord (; ) is the northernmost fjord system in the NE Greenland National Park area, East Greenland.
Geography
The Kaiser Franz Joseph Fjord has its mouth in the Foster Bay of the Greenland Sea, between Cape Mackenzie at th ...
about 100 km from the mouth, close to the southern side of
Cape Petersens, the northwestern extremity of
Ymer Island
Ymer Island () is an island in northeastern Greenland. The island is a part of Northeast Greenland National Park.
Ymer Island is named after the Swedish geographical journal ''Ymer'', which published many accounts of Swedish expeditions to Spit ...
. It rises steeply from the shore of the first bend of the fjord, south of Eleonore Bay.
[''Prostar Sailing Directions 2005 Greenland and Iceland Enroute'', p. 120]
The striking mountain was named ''Teufelschloss'' ("Devil's Castle" or "Devil's Palace") by the second
German North Polar Expedition
The German North Polar Expeditions were a short series of mid-19th century German expeditions to the Arctic. The aim was to explore the North Pole region and to brand the newly united, Prussian-led German Empire as a great power. In 1866, German g ...
, led by
Carl Koldewey
Carl Christian Koldewey (26 October 1837 – 17 May 1908) was a German Arctic explorer. He led both German North Polar Expeditions.
Life and career
Koldewey was the son of merchant Johann Christian Koldewey and his wife Wilhelmine Meyer. Koldew ...
, that first surveyed and partially explored the Kaiser Franz Joseph Fjord in 1869–70.
See also
*
List of mountains of Greenland
This is a list of mountains in Greenland.
List
For each mountain, the municipality in which it is located is given, along with coordinates indicating the approximate centre of the mountain (follow the link to see satellite images of the location ...
References
External links
*{{commonscat inline, Devil's Castle, Greenland
Weather forecast for Teufelsschloss (Greenland) Devil's Castle