Wollaston Foreland

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.

This article is about the peninsula in Greenland. For the peninsula in Canada, see Wollaston Peninsula.
Wollaston Foreland
Map of the area
Wollaston Foreland
Location
Geography
LocationEast Greenland
Coordinates74°30′N 20°00′W
Adjacent bodies of water
Length71 km (44.1 mi)
Width35 km (21.7 mi)
Highest elevation1,444 m (4738 ft)
Highest pointDombjerg
Administration
Greenland (Denmark)
ZoneNE Greenland National Park

History

This 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

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

East Greenland Terra/MODIS satellite image
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. "Wollaston Forland". Mapcarta. Retrieved 21 April 2016.


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