Queen Louise Land
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Nuna Dronning Louise Dronning Louise Land |
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Queen Louise Land and neighbouring areas
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| Highest point | |
| Peak | Gefiontinde |
| Elevation | 2,364 m (7,756 ft) |
| Dimensions | |
| Length | 185 km (115 mi) N/S |
| Width | 73 km (45 mi) E/W |
| Area | 12,000 km² |
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 Queen Louise Land
Location
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| Country | Greenland |
| Range coordinates | 76°40′N 24°30′W / 76.667°N 24.500°WCoordinates: 76°40′N 24°30′W / 76.667°N 24.500°W |
| Geology | |
| Orogeny | Caledonian orogeny |
Queen Louise Land (Danish: Dronning Louise Land;Greenlandic: Nuna Dronning Louise) is a vast mountainous region located west of Dove Bay, King Frederick VIII Land, northeastern Greenland. Administratively it is part of the Northeast Greenland National Park zone.
The highest point of Queen Louise Land is Gefiontinde, with a height of 2,364.3 m (7,757 ft), the highest of the Gefiontinder group of peaks located at 76°28′8″N 25°38′31″W / 76.46889°N 25.64194°W.
Geologically Queen Louise Land is made up of orthogneiss overlain by sedimentary rocks.
This remote area was named Dronning Louises Land after Queen Louise of Sweden (1851–1926), wife of King Frederick VIII of Denmark, by the ill-fated 1906–08 Denmark Expedition —the expedition that aimed to map one of the last unknown parts of Greenland. Danish Arctic explorer Alf Trolle claimed that this area had been originally named as Den Store Nanuták —The Big Nunatak.
Queen Louise Land was subsequently visited by the 1912–13 Danish Expedition to Queen Louise Land led by J.P. Koch, as well as the 1952–54 British North Greenland Expedition led by Commander James Simpson.
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