Charcot Land
Charcot Land is a peninsula of Eastern Greenland, part of the Scoresby Sound system. It lies in the Northeast Greenland National Park zone.
 View of the Daugaard-Jensen Glacier at the head of Nordvestfjord. The shady mountain slope on the right is part of Charcot Land. | |
  Charcot Land | |
| Geography | |
|---|---|
| Location | East Greenland |
| Coordinates | 72°15′N 29°0′W |
| Adjacent bodies of water | |
| Length | 35 km (21.7 mi) |
| Width | 20 km (12 mi) |
| Highest elevation | 1,553 m (5095 ft) |
| Administration | |
Greenland (Denmark) | |
| Zone | NE Greenland National Park |
| Demographics | |
| Population | Uninhabited |
The area is remote and uninhabited. It was named after French Polar explorer Jean-Baptiste Charcot (1867–1936) during aerial surveys by Lauge Koch as part of the Three-year Expedition to East Greenland.
Geography
Charcot Land is a mountainous region. It is bound to the south by the Daugaard-Jensen Glacier, beyond which lies Hinksland. To the north lies the F. Graae Glacier and to the east the head of the Nordvestfjord, its easternmost point being a headland named Kap Ursus Major.[1]
To the west are a number of nunataks and the Greenland ice sheet.[2]
Bibliography
- A. K. Higgins, Jane A. Gilotti, M. Paul Smith (eds.), The Greenland Caledonides: Evolution of the Northeast Margin of Laurentia.
References
- "Catalogue of place names in northern East Greenland". Geological Survey of Denmark. Retrieved 7 July 2019.
- "Charcot Land". Mapcarta. Retrieved 7 July 2019.
External links
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