Daugaard-Jensen Land
Geography | |
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Location | NW Greenland |
Coordinates | 80°19′N 61°30′W / 80.317°N 61.500°W |
Adjacent to | |
Length | 120 km (75 mi) |
Width | 90 km (56 mi) |
Highest elevation | 1,066 m (3497 ft) |
Administration | |
Greenland (Denmark) | |
Demographics | |
Population | Uninhabited |
Daugaard-Jensen Land, (Danish: Daugård-Jensen Land), is a peninsula in northwestern Greenland. It is a part of the Avannaata municipality.[1]
Daugaard-Jensen Land was named in honour of Jens Daugaard-Jensen (1871–1938), who was Inspector of Greenland between 1912 - 1938.
Geography
[edit]Daugaard-Jensen Land is located between Washington Land and the Petermann Glacier. The Cass Fjord is at the southern end, beyond which lies the Humboldt Glacier.[2] The Pentamerus Range is located in the middle/northern region.[1]
The northern coast runs between Aleqatsiaq Fjord and Bessel Fjord, east of which the Petermann Peninsula extends northwards.[3]
Bibliography
[edit]- H.P. Trettin (ed.), Geology of the Innuitian Orogen and Arctic Platform of Canada and Greenland. Geological Survey of Canada (1991) ISBN 978-0660131313
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b "Daugård-Jensen Land". Mapcarta. Retrieved 6 March 2019.
- ^ GoogleEarth
- ^ Prostar Sailing Directions 2005 Greenland and Iceland Enroute, p. 93