Cape Harald Moltke () is a headland in

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 ...

, North

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. Administratively it is part of the

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 ...

History

The cape was named by

Lauge Koch Lauge Koch (5 July 1892 – 5 June 1964) was a Danish geologist and Arctic explorer. Biography Lauge Koch was born in 1892 to Karl and Elisabeth Koch. His development as a scientist was greatly influenced by his father's second cousin Johan Peter ...

after Danish painter, author and explorer

Harald Moltke Harald Viggo Moltke (14 December 1871 – 24 June 1960) was a Danish painter, author and explorer. As an explorer he acted as draftsman in four Arctic expeditions. Early life and education Harald Moltke was born in Helsingør, the son of Oskar P ...

. The Danish scientific research station ''Kap Harald Moltke'' was built in 1972 near the cape under the auspices of

Eigil Knuth Count Eigil Knuth (8 August 1903 – 12 March 1996) was a Danish people, Danish explorer, archaeologist, sculptor and writer. He is referred to as the Nestor (mythology)#Advice, Nestor ("elder statesman") of Danish polar explorers. His archa ...

. There is also a small airfield near the facility. The Kap Harald Moltke Arctic station, as well as nearby

Brønlundhus Brønlundhus, on some maps also Brønlundfjord, is a former research station and radio station located on the western shore of Jørgen Brønlund Fjord in southern Peary Land, in northern Greenland. It is named after Greenlandic Arctic researcher J ...

Station —built in 1948— have been under the administration of the Peary Land Foundation since Eigil Knuth's death.Kap Harald Moltke Station - Issaffik
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Geography

Cape Harald Moltke is located on the northern side of

Independence Fjord Independence Fjord or Independence Sound is a large fjord or sound in the eastern part of northern Greenland. It is about long and up to wide. Its mouth, opening to the Wandel Sea of the Arctic Ocean is located at . In the area around Indepen ...

, at the southwestern end of

Melville Land Melville Land is an area in Peary Land, North Greenland. Administratively it is part of the Northeast Greenland National Park.Google Maps History Robert Peary named the territory, together with Heilprin Land, in 1892 during his North Greenland Exp ...

Jørgen Brønlund Fjord Jørgen Brønlund Fjord or Brønlund Fjord is a fjord in southern Peary Land, northern Greenland. It was named after polar explorer Jørgen Brønlund by the Danmark expedition. Geography It runs roughly from NW to SE with its mouth located at ...

lies to the west of this headland, with its mouth between Cape Harald Moltke on the eastern side and Cape Knud Rasmussen to the west.''Prostar Sailing Directions 2005 Greenland and Iceland Enroute'', p. 129

Bibliography

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Eigil Knuth. ''Kap Harald Moltke,'' 1973

References

External links

Field report from the journey to Northeast Greenland in the summer 2001
Headlands of Greenland {{greenland-geo-stub