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Scoresby Land is an area of Eastern
accessdate 6 January 2019 Antarctic Haven is located on the southern shore of Davy Sound, in northern Scoresby Land.
The structural evolution of Jameson Land and Scoresby Land
* ttps://collections.lib.uwm.edu/digital/collection/polar/id/81/ Greenland, Sefstroms Glacier at Scoresby Landbr>Bacteria and Protozoa of Some Soil Samples From Scoresby Land, East GreenlandGoose observations from Scoresby Land
Geography of Greenland Geography of the Arctic {{greenland-geo-stub pl:Ziemia Scoresby’ego
Scoresby Land is an area of Eastern 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 ...
, which lies partly in Sermersooq
Sermersooq (, da, sted med meget is, lit=place of much ice) is a municipality in Greenland, formed on 1 January 2009 from five earlier, smaller municipalities. Its administrative seat is the city of Nuuk (formerly called Godthåb), the capital ...
and partly in 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). ...
zone. The area is uninhabited, except for Mestersvig
Mestersvig, also called Mesters Vig, is a military outpost located in Scoresby Land, on the southwestern shore of Davy Sound in King Christian X Land, NE Greenland. It has a 1,800 m gravel airstrip .
This airport is located near the Stauning Al ...
, a military outpost.
Muskoxen are found in Scoresby Land, and formerly also reindeer
Reindeer (in North American English, known as caribou if wild and ''reindeer'' if domesticated) are deer in the genus ''Rangifer''. For the last few decades, reindeer were assigned to one species, ''Rangifer tarandus'', with about 10 subsp ...
.
Geography
It is a mostlymountainous
A mountain is an elevated portion of the Earth's crust, generally with steep sides that show significant exposed bedrock. Although definitions vary, a mountain may differ from a plateau in having a limited summit area, and is usually higher th ...
region, its northern part being made up of steep, difficult terrain, while the southern part towards Sydkap is smoother and more accessible.Hanne Tuborg Sandell, Birger Sandell. ''Archaeology and Environment in the Scoresby Sund Fjord'', p. 7
Scoresby Land is bound to the north by the King Oscar Fjord and its Segelsällskapet Fjord
Segelsällskapet Fjord ( da, Segelsällskapets 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 Saili ...
branch, to the south by the Scoresby Sound
Scoresby Sound (Danish: ''Scoresby Sund'', Greenlandic language, Greenlandic: ''Kangertittivaq'') is a large fjord system of the Greenland Sea on the eastern coast of Greenland. It has a tree-like structure, with a main body approximately
, Hall Bredning and the Nordvestfjord, and to the west by the Borgbjerg Glacier, the Princess Glacier
Princess is a regal rank and the feminine equivalent of prince (from Latin ''princeps'', meaning principal citizen). Most often, the term has been used for the consort of a prince, or for the daughter of a king or prince.
Princess as a subst ...
, a part of Furesø and the Alpefjord, beyond which lies Nathorst Land
Nathorst Land is the land area between Van Keulenfjorden and Van Mijenfjorden on Spitsbergen, Svalbard.
The area is named after Alfred Gabriel Nathorst
Alfred Gabriel Nathorst (7 November 1850 – 20 January 1921) was a Swedish Arctic exp ...
.
The Holger Danske Briller lakes are located in the region.
Although formerly only the Stauning Alps
The Stauning Alps ( da, Stauning Alper) are a large system of mountain ranges in Scoresby Land, King Christian X Land, northeastern Greenland. Administratively the Stauning Alps are part of the Northeast Greenland National Park zone.
This mou ...
and the northern part of Jameson Land
Jameson Land is a peninsula in eastern Greenland.
Geography
Jameson Land is bounded to the southwest by Scoresby Sound (the world's largest fjord), to the northwest by the Stauning Alps, to the north by Scoresby Land, to the northeast by the Fle ...
were considered part of Scoresby Land, since 1961 the area has officially included the Stauning Alps in the northwest, Liverpool Land in the southeast, as well as Jameson Land.Place names, northern East Greenlandaccessdate 6 January 2019 Antarctic Haven is located on the southern shore of Davy Sound, in northern Scoresby Land.
See also
* Scoresby Land GroupReferences
External links
The structural evolution of Jameson Land and Scoresby Land
* ttps://collections.lib.uwm.edu/digital/collection/polar/id/81/ Greenland, Sefstroms Glacier at Scoresby Landbr>Bacteria and Protozoa of Some Soil Samples From Scoresby Land, East Greenland
Geography of Greenland Geography of the Arctic {{greenland-geo-stub pl:Ziemia Scoresby’ego