Location East Greenland Width 42 km (26.1 mi) Elevation 1,627 m | Length 88 km (54.7 mi) Highest elevation 1,627 m (5,338 ft) | |
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Adjacent bodies of water Ingolf Fjord
Greenland Sea
Hanseraq Fjord
Hekla Sound
Dijmphna Sound Zone NE Greenland National Park | ||
Holm Land (Danish: Holms Land), sometimes referred to as "Hahn Land", is a peninsula in King Frederick VIII Land, northeastern Greenland. Administratively it belongs to the NE Greenland National Park area.
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Map of Holm Land, Greenland
This peninsula was named by the 1906-1908 Denmark expedition after Danish naval officer and Arctic explorer Gustav Frederik Holm.
Geography
Holm Land is bounded in the north by the Ingolf Fjord, in the east by the Greenland Sea and in the south by the Hekla Sound and the Dijmphna Sound. Steep cliffs make up most of the southern shore. To the south lie Lynn Island and larger Hovgaard Island. Eskimonæsset is the peninsula's easternmost point and Hanseraq Fjord is a small fjord in the eastern coast.
Holm Land is mountainous, especially in its western part where the Princess Caroline Mathilde Alps (Prinsesse Caroline Mathilde Alper) run from north to south across the western end of the peninsula. The highest point reaches 1,627 m (5,338 ft) at 80°28′28″N 19°36′38″W. Mallemukfjeldet is a high plateau in the eastern part.