Cape Clarence Wyckoff (), also known as Cape Wyckoff, is a broad headland in the

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, northernmost

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. Administratively it is part of the

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History

In 1900 Peary explored the north coast of Greenland from Cape Washington in the west to a place he named Wyckoff Island in the east, on the way reaching Cape Morris Jesup, the northernmost point of mainland Greenland. Cape Wyckoff was visible in the distance and was named by

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after Clarence F. Wyckoff, one of the members of the

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. This headland was marked on Robert Peary's map of the eastern coast of North Greenland as guesswork, based on sighting of two headlands from

Wyckoff Land Wyckoff Land is an area or peninsula in Peary Land, Northern Greenland. This geographic feature was named by Robert Peary after Clarence F. Wyckoff, one of the founding members of the Peary Arctic Club in New York. History When Robert Peary ...

, for the visibility was marred by fog.Spencer Apollonio, ''Lands That Hold One Spellbound: A Story of East Greenland,'' 2008 p. 101 Cape Clarence Wyckoff was finally charted with accuracy by J.P. Koch during the 1906-07

Danmark Expedition The Denmark expedition (), also known as the Denmark Expedition to Greenland's Northeast Coast and the Danmark Expedition after the ship's name, was an expedition to northeastern Greenland in 1906–1908. Despite being overshadowed by the dea ...

.EVALUATION OF ARCTIC ICE-FREE LAND SITES - KRONPRINS CHRISTIAN LAND AND PEARY LAND, NORTH GREENLAND
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Geography

Cape Clarence Wyckoff is located in northern Herluf Trolle Land, eastern shore of

Peary Land Peary Land is a peninsula in northern Greenland, extending into the Arctic Ocean. It reaches from Victoria Fjord in the west to Independence Fjord in the south and southeast, and to the Arctic Ocean in the north, with Cape Morris Jesup, the nor ...

, on the NE side of the mouth of Hellefisk Fjord,

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and to the NW of Cape Henry Parish.

Mount Wyckoff Mount Clarence Wyckoff ( 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 after Clarence F. Wyckoff, ...

, reaching a height of , rises close to the shore of the point. A small bay lies on the western side, on the right shore of Hellefisk Fjord, and Wyckoff Land lies beyond this bay, about 9 km to the northwest.''Prostar Sailing Directions 2005 Greenland and Iceland Enroute'', p. 129

References

External links

Clarence Wyckoff North Pole journey
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