Wyckoff Land is an area or
peninsula
A peninsula is a landform that extends from a mainland and is only connected to land on one side. Peninsulas exist on each continent. The largest peninsula in the world is the Arabian Peninsula.
Etymology
The word ''peninsula'' derives , . T ...
in
Peary Land, Northern
Greenland
Greenland is an autonomous territory in the Danish Realm, Kingdom of Denmark. It is by far the largest geographically of three constituent parts of the kingdom; the other two are metropolitan Denmark and the Faroe Islands. Citizens of Greenlan ...
.
This geographic feature was named by
Robert Peary after
Clarence F. Wyckoff, one of the founding members of the
Peary Arctic Club in
New York.
History
When Robert Peary reached the area the weather was foggy and he assumed that the landform he stood upon was an island which he named "Clarence Wyckoff Island". He waited for two days for the fog to clear and then he returned.
''Pearys Vardenæs'' is a
cairn
A cairn is a human-made pile (or stack) of stones raised for a purpose, usually as a marker or as a burial mound. The word ''cairn'' comes from the (plural ).
Cairns have been and are used for a broad variety of purposes. In prehistory, t ...
built in 1900 by Peary before he returned towards the west. It stands in the outermost part of Wyckoff Land between Skaerbugt and Hellefisk Fjord. Two
Independence I archaeological sites have been discovered on the headland.
Geography
Wyckoff Land lies in northern
Herluf Trolle Land, by the northeastern shore of Peary Land, between
G.B. Schley Fjord to the west and
Hellefisk Fjord to the east.
To the southwest the peninsula is attached to the mainland and to the northeast lies the
Wandel Sea
The Wandel Sea (; also known as McKinley Sea) is a body of water in the Greenland Sea, stretching from northeast of Greenland to Svalbard. It is obstructed by ice most of the year.
This sea is named after Danish polar explorer and hydrographer, ...
of the
Arctic Ocean
The Arctic Ocean is the smallest and shallowest of the world's five oceanic divisions. It spans an area of approximately and is the coldest of the world's oceans. The International Hydrographic Organization (IHO) recognizes it as an ocean, ...
.
Cape Clarence Wyckoff is located to the southeast of the eastern shore and
Mount Clarence Wyckoff rises to the east, on the other side of Hellefisk Fjord.
[''Prostar Sailing Directions 2005 Greenland and Iceland Enroute'', p. 129]
See also
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Robert Peary§1898–1902 expeditions
*
Independence I culture
References
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Peninsulas of Greenland
Peary Land