Wyckoff Land
 NASA image of the northern end of Greenland | |
  Wyckoff Land | |
| Geography | |
|---|---|
| Location | Southeast Greenland |
| Coordinates | 82°50′N 24°30′W / 82.833°N 24.500°WCoordinates: 82°50′N 24°30′W / 82.833°N 24.500°W |
| Adjacent to | Hellefisk Fjord |
| Administration | |
| NE Greenland National Park | |
| Demographics | |
| Population | 0 |
Wyckoff Land is an area or peninsula in Peary Land, Northern Greenland.
This geographic feature was named by Robert Peary after Clarence F. Wyckoff, one of the founding members of the Peary Arctic Club in New York.[1]
History
When Robert Peary reached the area the weather was foggy and he assumed that the landform he stood upon was an island which he named "Clarence Wyckoff Island". He waited for two days for the fog to clear and then he returned.[2][3]
Pearys Vardenæs is a cairn built in 1900 by Peary before he returned towards the west. It stands in the outermost part of Wyckoff Land between Skaerbugt and Hellefisk Fjord. Two Independence I archaeological sites have been discovered on the headland.[4]
Geography
Wyckoff Land lies in the northeastern shore of Peary Land, between Hellefisk Fjord and G.B. Schley Fjord.[5] To the southwest the peninsula is attached to the mainland and to the northeast lies the Wandel Sea of the Arctic Ocean. Cape Clarence Wyckoff rises 9 km to the southeast of the eastern shore.[6]
 1911 map of NE Greenland by J. P. Koch showing Wyckoff Land. |
See also
References
- ^ How Did Frederick E. Hyde Fjord Get Its Name?
- ^ George Bryce, The Siege and Conquest of the North Pole. p, 223
- ^ UWM - Arctic region: Peary Arctic Club, 1898-1902, Wyckoff Island
- ^ Eigil Knuth, The northernmost ruins of the globe. p. 210
- ^ GoogleEarth
- ^ Prostar Sailing Directions 2005 Greenland and Iceland Enroute, p. 129
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