Wollaston Foreland

Wollaston Foreland
Map of the area
Wollaston Foreland
Location
Geography
Location East Greenland
Coordinates 74°30′N 20°00′W / 74.500°N 20.000°W / 74.500; -20.000Coordinates: 74°30′N 20°00′W / 74.500°N 20.000°W / 74.500; -20.000
Adjacent bodies of water
Lindeman Fjord
Albrecht Bay
Hochstetter Bay
Greenland Sea
Young Sound
Length 71 km (44.1 mi)
Width 35 km (21.7 mi)
Highest elevation 1,444 m (4,738 ft)
Highest point Dombjerg
Administration
Greenland (Denmark)
Zone NE Greenland National Park

Wollaston Foreland (Danish: Wollaston Forland) is a peninsula in the NE Greenland National Park area, East Greenland.

History

This peninsula was named by William Scoresby in 1822 as a testimony of respect to William Hyde Wollaston. It was alo 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

Wollaston 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 Young Sound[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, Nålene, Cardiocerasbjerg, Aucellabjerg, Murbjerg, Hühnerbjerg, Clark Bjerg and Herschell Bjerg.[3]

Map of 1932 showing Wollaston Foreland.
View of the Hühnerbjerg (German: Hühnerberg) glacier at the northeastern end.

Bibliography

  • 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

References

  1. ↑ Prostar Sailing Directions 2005 Greenland and Iceland Enroute, p. 101
  2. ↑ "Catalogue of place names in northern East Greenland". Geological Survey of Denmark. Retrieved 18 June 2016.
  3. 1 2 "Wollaston Forland". Mapcarta. Retrieved 21 April 2016.


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