Scoresby Land

Scoresby Land is an area of Eastern Greenland, which lies partly in Sermersooq and partly in the Northeast Greenland National Park zone. The area is uninhabited, except for Mestersvig, a military outpost.

Scoresby Land
Region
Landscape of Scoresby Land: the Stauning Alps.
Location of Scoresby Land
CountryGreenland
ZoneNortheast Greenland National Park and Sermersooq

Muskoxen are found in Scoresby Land, and formerly also reindeer.[1]

Geography

It is a mostly mountainous region, its northern part being made up of steep, difficult terrain, while the southern part towards Sydkap is smoother and more accessible.[2] Scoresby Land is bound to the north by the King Oscar Fjord and its Segelsällskapet Fjord branch, to the south by the Scoresby Sound, Hall Bredning and the Nordvestfjord, and to the west by the Borgbjerg Glacier, the Princess Glacier, a part of Furesø and the Alpefjord, beyond which lies Nathorst Land.

The Holger Danske Briller lakes are located in the region.

Although formerly only the Stauning Alps and the northern part of Jameson Land were considered part of Scoresby Land, since 1961 the area has officially included the Stauning Alps in the northwest, Liverpool Land in the southeast, as well as Jameson Land.[3][4]

Antarctic Haven is located on the southern shore of Davy Sound, in northern Scoresby Land.[3]

Map of Northeastern Greenland.

See also

References
  1. Musk-Oxen in Jameson Land and Scoresby Land, Greenland
  2. Hanne Tuborg Sandell, Birger Sandell. Archaeology and Environment in the Scoresby Sund Fjord, p. 7
  3. Place names, northern East Greenland accessdate 6 January 2019
  4. Higgins, Anthony K. (2010-12-21). "Exploration history and place names of northern East Greenland" (PDF). Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland Bulletin. Copenhagen, Denmark: Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland (GEUS). 21: 1–368. ISSN 1604-8156. Retrieved 2019-12-01.
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