The Nordpasset, meaning "North Pass" in Danish, is a

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. Administratively, it is part of the

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The valley was first mapped by

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during his cartographic air expedition of 1938. It was explored from the ground by Danish

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together with Greenlander Jens Geisler in 1950 in the course of the Danish Peary Land Expedition.

Geography

The Nordpasset extends from the Harebugt at the head of Frederick E. Hyde Fjord for in a WNW direction until the head of

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, part of the inner

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/ref> Its maximum elevation is . To the north, the valley is limited by

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. To the south lies the

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from which some glaciers flow into it.

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Vertical air photo of the eastern part of Nordpasset.
Valleys of Greenland Peary Land

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