Inglefield Land is an
unglaciated
A glacier (; or ) is a persistent body of dense ice, a form of rock, that is constantly moving downhill under its own weight. A glacier forms where the accumulation of snow exceeds its Ablation#Glaciology, ablation over many years, often cen ...
area along the northwestern coast of Greenland. It was named after English explorer
Edward Augustus Inglefield.
History
Inglefield Land is noted for its archaeological sites, which show evidence of occupation by the
Dorset Culture
The Dorset was a Paleo-Eskimo culture, lasting from to between and , that followed the Pre-Dorset and preceded the Thule people (proto-Inuit) in the North American Arctic. The culture and people are named after Cape Dorset (now Kinngait) in ...
and
Thule Culture.
The last inhabited settlement in the region was
Etah, which is now abandoned.
Geography
The region stretches from
Cape Alexander to the southwest to
Cape Agassiz at the eastern end. It is bounded by
Prudhoe Land in the south, 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 ...
in the northeast, and the
Kane Basin to the north. The
Dodge Glacier is located to the southwest and the
Hiawatha Glacier to the east. The
McGary and
Bonsall Islands are located off the northeastern and the
Littleton Islands of the southwestern end.
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References
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Geography of Greenland