Gletscherland, meaning "
Glacier
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Land", is a
peninsula
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in
King Christian X Land
King Christian X Land ( da, Kong Christian X Land) is an area of northeastern Greenland.
History
This area was named after King Christian X of Denmark and Iceland (1870 – 1947), who rose to the throne in 1912. At the time of the Three-year ...
, East
Greenland
Greenland ( kl, Kalaallit Nunaat, ; da, Grønland, ) is an island country in North America that is part of the Kingdom of Denmark. It is located between the Arctic and Atlantic oceans, east of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. Greenland is ...
. Administratively it is part of the
Northeast Greenland National Park
Northeast Greenland National Park ( kl, Kalaallit Nunaanni nuna eqqissisimatitaq, da, Grønlands Nationalpark) is the world's largest national park and the 10th largest protected area (the only larger protected areas all consist mostly of sea). ...
.
History
This peninsula was named during the
Three-year Expedition to East Greenland
The Three-year Expedition ( da, Treårsekspeditionen) was an exploratory expedition to East Greenland that lasted from 1931 to 1934 financed by the Carlsberg Foundation and the Danish state. The expedition included aerial surveys.
Many geographi ...
owing to it being largely glaciated. The name "Canton Land" has also been used.
Geography
True to its name, Gletscherland is largely
glaciated
A glacier (; ) is a persistent body of dense ice that is constantly moving under its own weight. A glacier forms where the accumulation of snow exceeds its ablation over many years, often centuries. It acquires distinguishing features, such as ...
, with many
ice cap
In glaciology, an ice cap is a mass of ice that covers less than of land area (usually covering a highland area). Larger ice masses covering more than are termed ice sheets.
Description
Ice caps are not constrained by topographical featu ...
s and glaciers. It is located southwest of
Suess Land
Suess Land is a peninsula in King Christian X Land, East Greenland. Administratively it is part of the Northeast Greenland National Park.
History
This peninsula was named by A.G. Nathorst after Austrian geologist Eduard Suess (1831–1914) at th ...
, northwest of
Lyell Land
Lyell Land is a peninsula in King Christian X Land, East Greenland. It is located in the King Oscar Fjord area. Administratively it is part of the Northeast Greenland National Park zone.
It was named by Swedish Arctic explorer A.G. Nathorst on h ...
, and southeast of
Goodenoughland.
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The peninsula has a mountainous, Alpine terrain;
Mount Lugano is Gletscherland's highest point. The
Cecilia Nunatak rises to the southwest.
It is bounded in the northwest by the
Hisinger Glacier, in the north and northeast by the
Dickson Fjord, in the southeast by the
Rhedin Fjord, in the south by the
Wahlenberg Glacier and to the west it is connected to the mainland. The
Röhss Fjord and the valley at its head, almost divide the peninsula in two from ENE to WSW. All fjords are branches of the
Kempe Fjord
Kempe Fjord ( da, Kempes Fjord) is a fjord in King Christian X Land, eastern Greenland.
Administratively it lies in the Northeast Greenland National Park area. This fjord is part of the King Oscar Fjord system.''Prostar Sailing Directions 2005 Gre ...
.
Bibliography
*A. K. Higgins, Jane A. Gilotti, M. Paul Smith (eds.), ''The Greenland Caledonides: Evolution of the Northeast Margin of Laurentia''.
References
External links
Journey across the nunataks of central east Greenland, 1951
Peninsulas of Greenland
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