Hinksland

Hinksland
Location of Hinksland Peninsula
Geography
Location East Greenland
Coordinates 71°43′N 28°19′W / 71.717°N 28.317°W / 71.717; -28.317Coordinates: 71°43′N 28°19′W / 71.717°N 28.317°W / 71.717; -28.317
Adjacent bodies of water
Nordvestfjord
Flyver Fjord
Length 64 km
Width 41 km
Highest elevation 2,316 m (7,598 ft)
Highest point Hinksland HP
Administration
Greenland (Denmark)
Zone Northeast Greenland National Park

Hinksland (Danish: Hinksland) is a peninsula in eastern Greenland. It is a part of the Northeast Greenland National Park.

The peninsula is named after Arthur R. Hinks, Secretary of the Royal Geographical Society, 1915–45.

Geography

Hinksland is limited to the northwest by the Daugaard-Jensen Glacier, to the northeast by the Nordvestfjord of the Scoresby Sound and to the south by the 2 km wide Flyver Fjord. To the southwest the peninsula is attached to the mainland. The Renland peninsula lies to the southeast.[1] The highest point of the peninsula is a 700 metres (2,297 feet) high mountain located in the southern part rising above the Flyver Fjord.[2]

Geologically Hinksland is part of the Vestfjord-Hinksland gneiss and schist zone crystalline complex.[3]

Hinksland is at the southern limit of the eastern coastal area of the Northeast Greenland National Park. Constable Point (Nerlerit Inaat) is the closest airport.

Map of NE Greenland and Iceland.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "HInksland". Mapcarta. Retrieved 17 April 2016.
  2. ↑ Glacial outburst floods at Renland, Greenland?
  3. ↑ Harold Williams ed. Geology of the Appalachian—Caledonian Orogen in Canada and Greenland, p. 898

External links

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