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Frænkel Land
Frænkel Land is a peninsula in King Christian X Land, East Greenland. Administratively it is part of the Northeast Greenland National Park. History It was named ''Frænkels Halfö'' by Alfred Gabriel Nathorst, A.G. Nathorst on his 1899 expedition after Knut Frænkel, the Swedish engineer and meteorologist on S. A. Andrée's Arctic balloon expedition of 1897, Andrée's balloon expedition to the North Pole. Nathorst's expedition was searching for traces of the lost Andrée expedition. Petermann Peak was named by the Second German North Polar Expedition 1869–70 as ''Petermanns Spitze'' in honour of the initiator of the expedition, August Heinrich Petermann. Geography Frænkel Land is bounded by the inner reaches of Kaiser Franz Joseph Fjord in the south, with the Akuliarutsip Sermerssua, Nordenskiöld Glacier (Akuliarutsip Sermerssua) in the southwest, the Gregory Glacier and the Magog Nunatak in the west, the Jætte Glacier in the north and northwest, and the Isfjord in the nor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Petermann Peak
Petermann Peak, (), also known as ''Petermann Fjeld'', ''Petermanns Topp'' and ''Petermann Point'' is a mountain in King Christian X Land, Northeast Greenland. Administratively it is part of the Northeast Greenland National Park zone. The area around Petermann Peak is uninhabited. This mountain is located in the high Arctic zone, where Polar climate prevails. The average annual temperature in the area is −16 °C. The warmest month is June, when the average temperature rises to −2 °C, and the coldest is January, with −22 °C. Geography Petermann Peak rises to a height of on a nunatak located the northern side of the Nordenskiold Glacier, East Greenland, Nordenskiöld Glacier, in western Fraenkel Land in the inner Kaiser Franz Joseph Fjord. It has a magnificent appearance, dominating the surrounding landscape. The Gregory Glacier flows from its northeastern side into the ''Knækdalen'' valley. The Kalifbjerg (2667 m), Kerberus (c. 2500 m), Gog (c. 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
