Wollaston Foreland
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Map of 1932 showing Wollaston Foreland | |
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| Location | East Greenland |
| Coordinates | 74°30′N 20°00′W / 74.500°N 20.000°WCoordinates: 74°30′N 20°00′W / 74.500°N 20.000°W |
| Adjacent bodies of water | |
| Length | 71 km |
| Width | 35 km |
| Highest elevation | 1,444 m (4,738 ft) |
| Highest point | Dombjerg |
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Greenland (Denmark) | |
| Zone | NE Greenland National Park |
Wollaston Foreland (Danish: Wollaston Forland) is a peninsula in the NE Greenland National Park area, East Greenland.
History
This peninsula was named by William Scoresby in 1822 as a testimony of respect to William Hyde Wollaston. It was alo surveyed and explored by the Second German North Polar Expedition 1869–70 led by Carl Koldewey.
The Danish sledge patrol Sirius has its headquarters at Daneborg on the southeastern shore. The Zackenberg research station is situated further West, near Young Sound.
Geography
Wollaston Foreland is bounded in the north by the Lindeman Fjord and Albrecht Bay of Hochstetter Bay, in the east by the Greenland Sea and in the south by Young Sound.[1] To the south and southwest across Young Sound lies large Clavering Island, close off northeast Sabine Island, and close off north Kuhn Island. Cape Wynn is the peninsula's easternmost point.[2]
Wollaston Foreland is mountainous. Its highest point is the massive-looking 1444 m high Dombjerg, located in the western section near the isthmus. Other important mountains are Zackenberg, Kuplen, Nålene, Cardiocerasbjerg, Aucellabjerg, Murbjerg, Hühnerbjerg, Clark Bjerg and Herschell Bjerg.[2]
 Map of Northeastern Greenland. |
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Bibliography
- Koldewey, Carl (1874) German Arctic Expedition of 1869-70, and Narrative of the Wreck of the 'Hansa' in the Ice, London: Sampson Low, Marston, Low, & Searle
References
- ↑ Prostar Sailing Directions 2005 Greenland and Iceland Enroute, p. 101
- 1 2 "Wollaston Forland". Mapcarta. Retrieved 21 April 2016.