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.[3]
View of the Hühnerbjerg (German: Hühnerberg) glacier at the northeastern end.
Bibliographyedit
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
Referencesedit
^Prostar Sailing Directions 2005 Greenland and Iceland Enroute, p. 101
^"Catalogue of place names in northern East Greenland". Geological Survey of Denmark. Retrieved 18 June 2016.
^ ab"Wollaston Forland". Mapcarta. Retrieved 21 April 2016.
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wollaston, foreland, this, article, about, peninsula, greenland, peninsula, canada, wollaston, peninsula, danish, wollaston, forland, peninsula, king, christian, land, east, greenland, administratively, belongs, greenland, national, park, area, arealocationgeo. This article is about the peninsula in Greenland For the peninsula in Canada see Wollaston Peninsula Wollaston Foreland Danish Wollaston Forland is a peninsula in King Christian X Land East Greenland Administratively it belongs to the NE Greenland National Park area Wollaston ForelandMap of the areaWollaston ForelandLocationGeographyLocationEast GreenlandCoordinates74 30 N 20 00 W 74 500 N 20 000 W 74 500 20 000Adjacent toLindeman FjordAlbrecht BayHochstetter BayGreenland SeaYoung SoundLength71 km 44 1 mi Width35 km 21 7 mi Highest elevation1 444 m 4738 ft Highest pointDombjergAdministrationGreenland Denmark ZoneNE Greenland National Park Contents 1 History 2 Geography 3 Bibliography 4 ReferencesHistory editThis peninsula was named by William Scoresby in 1822 as a testimony of respect to William Hyde Wollaston It was also surveyed and explored by the Second German North Polar Expedition 1869 70 led by Carl Koldewey The Danish Sirius Dog Sled Patrol has its headquarters at Daneborg on the southeastern shore The Zackenberg research station is situated further West near Young Sound Geography editWollaston Foreland is bounded in the north by the Lindeman Fjord and Albrecht Bay of Hochstetter Bay in the east by the Greenland Sea in the south by the Young Sound and Gael Hamke Bay 1 and in the west by A P Olsen Land 2 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 3 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 Nalene Cardiocerasbjerg Aucellabjerg Murbjerg Huhnerbjerg Clark Bjerg and Herschell Bjerg 3 nbsp East Greenland Terra MODIS satellite image nbsp View of the Huhnerbjerg German Huhnerberg glacier at the northeastern end Bibliography editKoldewey Carl 1874 German Arctic Expedition of 1869 70 and Narrative of the Wreck of the Hansa in the Ice London Sampson Low Marston Low amp SearleReferences edit Prostar Sailing Directions 2005 Greenland and Iceland Enroute p 101 Catalogue of place names in northern East Greenland Geological Survey of Denmark Retrieved 18 June 2016 a b Wollaston Forland Mapcarta Retrieved 21 April 2016 nbsp This Greenland location article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Wollaston Foreland amp oldid 1178017458, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
