Germania Land
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Germania Land is a peninsula
in northeastern Greenland
. It is located in the Northeast Greenland National Park
, between Skærfjord and Dove Bay. It was named by Ludvig Mylius-Erichsen
, leader of the Danmark expedition, to commemorate its discovery by the second German North Polar Expedition
in 1869 on the vessel Germanis and as a compliment to Alfred Wegener
, the German member of the Danmark expedition.
Peninsula
A peninsula is a piece of land that is bordered by water on three sides but connected to mainland. In many Germanic and Celtic languages and also in Baltic, Slavic and Hungarian, peninsulas are called "half-islands"....
in northeastern Greenland
Greenland
Greenland is an autonomous country within the Kingdom of Denmark, located between the Arctic and Atlantic Oceans, east of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. Though physiographically a part of the continent of North America, Greenland has been politically and culturally associated with Europe for...
. It is located in the Northeast Greenland National Park
Northeast Greenland National Park
Northeast Greenland National Park is the largest national park in the world, with an area of , making the park larger than 163 countries. It is the only national park in Greenland, and the most northerly national park in the world, its most northerly point reaching slightly further than the most...
, between Skærfjord and Dove Bay. It was named by Ludvig Mylius-Erichsen
Ludvig Mylius-Erichsen
Ludvig Mylius-Erichsen was a Danish author, ethnologist, and explorer, from Ringkøbing. He was most notably an explorer of Greenland. With Count Harald Moltke and Knud Rasmussen he formed the Danish Literary expedition to West Greenland, and in the early stages discovered near Evigheds Fiord two...
, leader of the Danmark expedition, to commemorate its discovery by the second German North Polar Expedition
German North Polar Expedition
German North Polar Expedition was a short series of mid-19th century German expeditions to the Arctic. The aim was to explore the North Polar Region and to brand the newly united, Prussian-led German Empire as a great power...
in 1869 on the vessel Germanis and as a compliment to Alfred Wegener
Alfred Wegener
Alfred Lothar Wegener was a German scientist, geophysicist, and meteorologist.He is most notable for his theory of continental drift , proposed in 1912, which hypothesized that the continents were slowly drifting around the Earth...
, the German member of the Danmark expedition.