Location East Greenland Elevation 1,444 m | Highest elevation 1,444 m (4,738 ft) | |
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Zone NE Greenland National Park Adjacent bodies of water Carlsberg Fjord, Scoresby Sound, Greenland Sea | ||
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Jameson Land is a peninsula in eastern Greenland.
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Geography
Jameson Land is bounded to the southwest by Scoresby Sound (the world's largest fjord), to the northwest by the Stauning Alps, to the north by Scoresby Land, to the northeast by the Fleming Fjord and the Nathorst Fjord of the Greenland Sea, and to the east by Carlsberg Fjord, the smaller Liverpool Land peninsula branching off, and Hurry Inlet.
The Mestersvig military base is located in the northern part of the peninsula.
Geology
Jameson Land mainly consists of a tilted peneplain of jurassic sandstone, highest in the east. In the northern end there are also rocks of triassic origin. Jameson land triassic fossils include prosauropod and theropod dinosaurs, phytosaurs, temnospondyls, and sharks.
References
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