Daugaard-Jensen Land

Daugaard-Jensen Land
View of the cliffs flanking Petermann Fjord marking the eastern limits of Daugaard-Jensen Land.
Daugaard-Jensen Land is located in Greenland
Daugaard-Jensen Land
Daugaard-Jensen Land
Geography
LocationNW Greenland
Coordinates80°19′N 61°30′W / 80.317°N 61.500°W / 80.317; -61.500
Adjacent to
Length120 km (75 mi)
Width90 km (56 mi)
Highest elevation1,066 m (3497 ft)
Administration
Greenland (Denmark)
Demographics
PopulationUninhabited

Daugaard-Jensen Land, (Danish: Daugård-Jensen Land), is a peninsula in northwestern Greenland. It is a part of the Avannaata municipality.[1]

Daugaard-Jensen Land was named in honour of Jens Daugaard-Jensen (1871–1938), who was Inspector of Greenland between 1912 - 1938.

Geography

Daugaard-Jensen Land is located between Washington Land and the Petermann Glacier. The Cass Fjord is at the southern end, beyond which lies the Humboldt Glacier.[2] The Pentamerus Range is located in the middle/northern region.[1]

The northern coast runs between Aleqatsiaq Fjord and Bessel Fjord, east of which the Petermann Peninsula extends northwards.[3]

Map of part of Ellesmere Island and far Northern Greenland.
Daugaard-Jensen Land NASA picture.

Bibliography

  • H.P. Trettin (ed.), Geology of the Innuitian Orogen and Arctic Platform of Canada and Greenland. Geological Survey of Canada (1991) ISBN 978-0660131313

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Daugård-Jensen Land". Mapcarta. Retrieved 6 March 2019.
  2. ^ GoogleEarth
  3. ^ Prostar Sailing Directions 2005 Greenland and Iceland Enroute, p. 93
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