Holm Land (), sometimes referred to as "Hahn Land",Peakbagger - Hahn Land High Point, Greenland
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King Frederick VIII Land King Frederik VIII Land (; ) is a major geographic division of northeastern Greenland. It extends above the Arctic Circle from 76°N to 81°N in a North-South direction along the coast of the Greenland Sea. History This vast desolate region ...

, northeastern

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. Administratively it belongs to the NE Greenland National Park area. This peninsula was named by the 1906-1908

Denmark 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 ...

after Danish naval officer and Arctic explorer

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.''Catalogue of place names in northern East Greenland'', Geological Survey of Denmark (GEUS)

Geography

Holm Land is bounded in the north by the Ingolf Fjord, on the other side of which rises Amdrup Land, and in the south the Hekla Sound and the Dijmphna Sound. To the west it is attached to the mainland and to the east lies the

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. Hanseraq Fjord is a small fjord in the eastern coast. To the south lie Lynn Island and larger Hovgaard Island. A great part of inner Holm Land is covered by an

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. Eskimonæsset is the peninsula's northeasternmost point where there are archaeological remains of ancient Inuit dwellings found by the ill-fated Denmark Expedition. Holm Land is mountainous, especially in its western part where the Princess Caroline Mathilde Alps ''(Prinsesse Caroline Mathilde Alper)'' run from north to south across the western end of the peninsula. The highest point reaches at . Steep cliffs make up most of the southern shore.''Prostar Sailing Directions 2005 Greenland and Iceland Enroute'', p. 128 Mallemuk Mountain ''(Mallemukfjeldet)'' is a high plateau at the southeastern end with the most precipitous cliff section.

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Geographical Items on East Greenland, Encyclopedia Arctica 14
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References

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