Daugaard-Jensen Land, (), is a

peninsula A peninsula is a landform that extends from a mainland and is only connected to land on one side. Peninsulas exist on each continent. The largest peninsula in the world is the Arabian Peninsula. Etymology The word ''peninsula'' derives , . T ...

in northwestern

Greenland Greenland is an autonomous territory in the Danish Realm, Kingdom of Denmark. It is by far the largest geographically of three constituent parts of the kingdom; the other two are metropolitan Denmark and the Faroe Islands. Citizens of Greenlan ...

. It is a part of the

Avannaata Avannaata (, ) is a municipality of Greenland created on 1 January 2018 from the bulk of the former Qaasuitsup municipality. It encompasses an area of 522,700 km2 and has 10,726 inhabitants. Geography In the south, Avannaata is flanked ...

municipality. Daugaard-Jensen Land was named in honor of Jens Daugaard-Jensen (1871–1938), who served as the Inspector of Greenland from 1912 to 1938.

Geography

Daugaard-Jensen Land is located between

Washington Land Washington Land is a peninsula in northwestern Greenland. It is a part of the Avannaata municipality. Washington Land was explored in the 19th century. Traditionally it was one of the hunting grounds of the Inuit, but there are archaeological rem ...

and the

Petermann Glacier Petermann Glacier () is a large glacier located in North-West Greenland to the east of Nares Strait. It connects the Greenland ice sheet to the Arctic Ocean at 81°10' north latitude, near Hans Island. The glacier and its fjord are named after Ge ...

. The

Cass Fjord Cass Fjord is a fjord in northern Greenland. To the southwest, the fjord opens into the Kane Basin of the Nares Strait. Geography The Cass Fjord opens to the SW at the northern end of Peabody Bay, north of Cape Clay. Cass Fjord forms Washingt ...

is at the southern end, beyond which lies the

Humboldt Glacier Humboldt Glacier () is one of the major glaciers in northern Greenland. The glacier is named after German naturalist Alexander von Humboldt and is the widest tidewater glacier in the Northern Hemisphere. Geography The Humboldt Glacier borders ...

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The Pentamerus Range is located in the middle/northern region. The northern coast runs between Aleqatsiaq Fjord and

Bessel Fjord Bessel Fjord is a fjord in northeastern Greenland. Administratively it belongs to the NE Greenland National Park area. History The area around the mouth of this fjord was referred to as "Bessel Bay" at the time of the 1869–70 Second German Nor ...

, east of which the

Petermann Peninsula Petermann may refer to: Places Antarctica *Petermann Island * Petermann Ranges (Antarctica) Australia *Petermann, Northern Territory, a locality *Petermann Orogeny, a geological feature * Petermann Ranges (Australia) Greenland *Petermann Glaci ...

extends northwards.''Prostar Sailing Directions 2005 Greenland and Iceland Enroute,'' p. 93

Bibliography

*H.P. Trettin (ed.), ''Geology of the Innuitian Orogen and Arctic Platform of Canada and Greenland''. Geological Survey of Canada (1991)

References

External links

Washington Land and Daugaard Land; Description of an airborne combined electromagnetic and magnetic survey in Greenland 1998
Peninsulas of Greenland {{greenland-geo-stub

Geography

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