Cape Clarence Wyckoff (), also known as Cape Wyckoff, is a broad headland in the
Wandel Sea
The Wandel Sea (; also known as McKinley Sea) is a body of water in the Greenland Sea, stretching from northeast of Greenland to Svalbard. It is obstructed by ice most of the year.
This sea is named after Danish polar explorer and hydrographer, ...
,
Arctic Ocean
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, northernmost
Greenland
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. Administratively it is part of the
Northeast Greenland National Park.
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
Robert Peary after
Clarence F. Wyckoff, one of the members of the
Peary Arctic Club in
New York.
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, 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.
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, on the NE side of the mouth of Hellefisk Fjord,GoogleEarth
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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
Wyckoff
Peary Land
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