Kejser Franz Joseph Fjord
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Kejser Franz Joseph Fjord (Kejser Franz Josef Fjord on Norwegian maps) is a major fjord system in East Greenland
, bounded by Suess Land and Ymer Island
to the South, and Frænkel Land
, Andrée Land
and Gauss Peninsula
to the North. It was discovered and partially explored by the Second German North Polar Expedition
1869–70 and named Kaiser Franz Josephs Fjord for Franz Joseph
, Emperor of Austria-Hungary
, who had made substantial donations to the expedition.
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...
, bounded by Suess Land and Ymer Island
Ymer Island
Ymer Island is an island in northeastern Greenland. Its area is 2,437 km². It is mountainous . The island is a part of Northeast Greenland National Park, the largest national park in the world. It is named for the giant Ymir, the forefather of the Jotuns....
to the South, and Frænkel Land
Frænkel Land
Frænkel Land is a peninsula in eastern Greenland. Located in the Northeast Greenland National Park, it is bounded by the inner reaches of Kejser Franz Joseph Fjord and Isfjord.- History :...
, Andrée Land
Andrée Land
Andrée Land is an area in East Greenland bounded by Kejser Franz Joseph Fjord, Isfjord and Geologfjord. It was named by A.G. Nathorst on his 1899 expedition after Salomon August Andrée, who attempted to reach the North Pole by balloon in 1897, but crash-landed on the pack ice and died on Kvitøya...
and Gauss Peninsula
Gauss Peninsula
Gauss Peninsula is a peninsula in eastern Greenland. It is located on the coast of Greenland Sea in the Northeast Greenland National Park, between Muskusoksefjord and Kejser Franz Joseph Fjord.- History :...
to the North. It was discovered and partially explored 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...
1869–70 and named Kaiser Franz Josephs Fjord for Franz Joseph
Franz Joseph I of Austria
Franz Joseph I or Francis Joseph I was Emperor of Austria, King of Bohemia, King of Croatia, Apostolic King of Hungary, King of Galicia and Lodomeria and Grand Duke of Cracow from 1848 until his death in 1916.In the December of 1848, Emperor Ferdinand I of Austria abdicated the throne as part of...
, Emperor of Austria-Hungary
Austria-Hungary
Austria-Hungary , more formally known as the Kingdoms and Lands Represented in the Imperial Council and the Lands of the Holy Hungarian Crown of Saint Stephen, was a constitutional monarchic union between the crowns of the Austrian Empire and the Kingdom of Hungary in...
, who had made substantial donations to the expedition.