Duke of Orleans Land

Duke of Orleans Land (Danish: Hertugen af Orléans Land) is a land area —possibly a peninsula— in King Frederick VIII Land, northeastern Greenland.[1] Administratively it belongs to the NE Greenland National Park area.

Duke of Orleans Land
Hertugen af Orléans Land
Duke of Orleans Land is located in Greenland
Duke of Orleans Land
Duke of Orleans Land
Geography
LocationEast Greenland
Coordinates78°10′N 21°37′W
Adjacent to
Length150 km (93 mi)
Width50 km (31 mi)
Highest elevation1,483 m (4865 ft)
Highest pointBildsøe Nunatak
Administration
Greenland
ZoneNE Greenland National Park
Demographics
PopulationUninhabited

Geography

The Duke of Orleans Land is bounded in the north by the Zachariae Isstrom, beyond which rises Lambert Land, in the east by the Jokel Bay of the Greenland Sea, in the south by the Kofoed-Hansen Glacier, beyond which rises Nordmarken. To the west rises the Greenland Ice Sheet.[2]

The Bildsøe Nunatak rises roughly in the central area. Other important nunataks in the area are the Laub Nunataks, Gronne Nunatak, Garde Nunataks, Mokke Nunataks and Pic de Gerlache. Near the northern end flows the Gammel Hellerup Glacier into Jokel Bay and the Blæse Glacier further south. The area is largely glaciated and it includes the Sønderland, Søndre Mellemland, Mellemland and Nørreland —with the Norre Biland and Nørre Mellemland— sections. The Alabama Nunatak rises beyond the SW end.[3]

History

Duke of Orleans Land was named in 1905 by the Prince Philippe, Duke of Orléans during his Arctic Expedition on ship Belgica, when he explored parts of the northeastern coast of Greenland. Initially the Duke named it Terre de France (French Land), but the Danish administration vetoed the name. Following consultations with Belgian explorer Adrien de Gerlache (1866–1934), the 1906–08 Danmark Expedition placed the name "Duke of Orleans Land" in the present location.[4][3]

Map of Northeastern Greenland.

References
  1. "Hertugen af Orléans Land". GeoHack. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
  2. Google Earth
  3. Catalogue of place names in northern East Greenland, Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland
  4. Barr, William (2010). "The Arctic voyages of Louis-Philippe-Robert, Duc d'Orléans". Polar Record. 46 (1): 21–43. doi:10.1017/S0032247409008377. S2CID 129100092.
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