Holm Land ( da, Holms Land), sometimes referred to as "Hahn Land",Peakbagger - Hahn Land High Point, Greenland
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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 ...

King Frederick VIII Land King Frederick VIII Land ( da, Kong Frederik VIII Land) is a major geographic division of northeastern Greenland. It extends above the Arctic Circle from 76°N to 81°N in a N/S direction along the coast of the Greenland Sea. History This vast ...

, northeastern

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 is t ...

. Administratively it belongs to the NE Greenland National Park area. This peninsula was named by the 1906-1908

Denmark expedition The Denmark expedition ( da, Danmark-ekspeditionen), also known as the Denmark Expedition to Greenland's Northeast Coast, and as the Danmark Expedition after the ship, was an expedition to the northeast of Greenland in 1906–1908. Despite being ...

after Danish naval officer and Arctic explorer

Gustav Frederik Holm Gustav Frederik Holm (6 August 1849 – 13 March 1940) was a Danish naval officer and Arctic explorer born in Copenhagen. Career He was made commander in the navy in 1899, was chief of the hydrographic bureau from 1899 to 1909, and became dire ...

.''Catalogue of place names in northern East Greenland'', Geological Survey of Denmark (GEUS)

Geography

Holm Land is bounded in the north by the Ingolf Fjord, on the other side of which rises Amdrup Land, and in the south the

Hekla Sound The Hekla Sound ( da, Hekla Sund) is a sound in King Frederick VIII Land, Northeast Greenland. Administratively it is part of the Northeast Greenland National Park zone.Google Earth History The sound was named by the ill-fated 1906-1908 Denmark ...

and the

Dijmphna Sound The Dijmphna Sound ( da, Dijmphna Sund) is a sound in King Frederick VIII Land, Northeast Greenland. Administratively it is part of the Northeast Greenland National Park zone. History The sound was named by the 1906-1908 Denmark expedition after ...

. To the west it is attached to the mainland and to the east lies the

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. Hanseraq Fjord is a small fjord in the eastern coast. To the south lie Lynn Island and larger Hovgaard Island. A great part of inner Holm Land is covered by an

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. Eskimonæsset is the peninsula's northeasternmost point where there are archaeological remains of ancient Inuit dwellings found by the ill-fated Denmark Expedition. Holm Land is mountainous, especially in its western part where the Princess Caroline Mathilde Alps ''(Prinsesse Caroline Mathilde Alper)'' run from north to south across the western end of the peninsula. The highest point reaches at . Steep cliffs make up most of the southern shore.''Prostar Sailing Directions 2005 Greenland and Iceland Enroute'', p. 128

Mallemuk Mountain Mallemuk Mountain ( da, Mallemukfjeldet) is a mountain plateau with seaward cliffs in NE Greenland. Administratively it is part of the Northeast Greenland National Park zone. This mountain was named by the ill-fated Denmark expedition after the ...

''(Mallemukfjeldet)'' is a high plateau at the southeastern end with the most precipitous cliff section.

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Geographical Items on East Greenland, Encyclopedia Arctica 14
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References

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