Mylius-Erichsen Land

Mylius-Erichsen Land is a peninsula in King Frederick VIII Land, northeastern Greenland.[1] Administratively it belongs to the NE Greenland National Park area.

Mylius-Erichsen Land
Mylius-Erichsen Land
Geography
LocationNortheast Greenland
Coordinates81°18′N 24°13′W
Adjacent bodies of water
Length160 km (99 mi)
Width110 km (68 mi)
Administration
Greenland (Denmark)
ZoneNE Greenland National Park
Demographics
PopulationUninhabited

Geography

Mylius-Erichsen Land is bounded in the north by the Independence Fjord, in the west by the Hagen Fjord and the Hagen Glacier, in the east by the Danmark Fjord and in the south by the Greenland Ice Sheet. There is no large calving glacier at the head of the Danmark Fjord, but all surrounding fjords are icebound the whole year round.

The northernmost headland is Cape Rigsdagen and the northern section of the peninsula appears in some maps as "Valdemar Glückstadt Land."

History

Mylius-Erichsen Land was named by the 1906-1908 Denmark expedition after its ill-fated leader Ludvig Mylius-Erichsen .[2]

Map of Northern Greenland.
1911 German map of NE Greenland showing Mylius-Erichsen Land.
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References
  1. "Mylius-Erichsen Land". Mapcarta. Retrieved 14 February 2019.
  2. Catalogue of place names in northern East Greenland, Geological Survey of Denmark (GEUS)
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