Nyeboe Land

Nyeboe Land (Danish: Nyeboes Land) is a peninsula in far northwestern Greenland. It is a part of the Northeast Greenland National Park.[1]

Nyeboe Land

Nyeboe Land
Geography
Location	NW Greenland
Coordinates	81°54′N 56°45′W
Adjacent bodies of water	Newman Bay Saint George Fjord
Length	170 km (106 mi)
Width	90 km (56 mi)
Highest elevation	1,100 m (3,600 ft)
Highest point	Punch Mountain
Administration
Greenland (Denmark)

History

Nyeboe Land was named after engineer Marius Nyeboe (1867–1946), chairman of the committee of Knud Rasmussen's Fifth Thule Expedition.[2]

Geography

Nyeboe Land is located to the northeast of Hall Land in the west, and southwest of Hendrik Island and west of Warming Land and the Steensby Glacier in the east. It is bounded to the north by the Lincoln Sea and to the east by Saint George Fjord. Newman Fjord (Newman Bay) marks the western limit of Nyeboe Land. To the south and southeast the peninsula is attached to the mainland and its ice cap. The Dreyer Firn is located in the southwest, near the Saint George Fjord's shore.[3]

Nyeboe Land is largely unglaciated and mountainous.[4] 1,100 metres (3,609 ft) high Punch Mountain, the highest elevation of the peninsula, is located at the northern end.[5] Other important summits are Korsgård Mountain and Nina Bang Mountain.[3]

Map of part of Ellesmere Island and far Northern Greenland.

See also

• Nyeboe Land Formation
• Sirius Dog Sled Patrol

References

1. "Yr – Værvarsel for Hall Land (Grønland)". yr.no. Retrieved 28 February 2019.
2. "Knud Rasmussen Thule - www.123hjemmeside.dk/sven-hansen". 123hjemmeside.dk. Retrieved 28 February 2019.
3. "Nyeboe Land". Mapcarta. Retrieved 28 February 2019.
4. GoogleEarth
5. Prostar Sailing Directions 2005 Greenland and Iceland Enroute, p. 94

External links

• Peter R. Dawes, The Nyeboe Land fault zone: a major dislocation on the Greenland coast along northern Nares Strait