Peary Land

Peary Land
July 2004 NASA satellite image of northern Peary Land including Cape Morris Jesup.
Peary Land is located in Greenland
Peary Land
Peary Land
Geography
LocationNortheast Greenland
Coordinates82°38′N 32°30′W / 82.633°N 32.500°W / 82.633; -32.500
Adjacent toVictoria Fjord
Length360 km (224 mi)
Width200 km (120 mi)
Highest elevation1,929 m (6329 ft)
Highest pointHelvetia Tinde
Administration
Greenland (Denmark)
Demographics
Population0
American explorer Robert Peary in arctic furs

Peary Land is a peninsula in northern Greenland, extending into the Arctic Ocean. It reaches from Victoria Fjord in the west to Independence Fjord in the south and southeast, and to the Arctic Ocean in the north, with Cape Morris Jesup, the northernmost point of Greenland's mainland, and Cape Bridgman in the northeast.[1]

  1. ^ "Frederick E. Hyde Fjord". Mapcarta. Retrieved 5 May 2016.