Hazenland Explained

Hazenland
Local Name:Hazen Land
Image Map Size:270px
Image Map Caption:Map of Hazenland
Pushpin Map:Greenland
Pushpin Label:Hazenland
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of Hazenland in Greenland
Location:Lincoln Sea
Coordinates:83.2°N -67°W
Area Km2:226
Length Km:37
Length Footnotes:8
Coastline Km:85.3
Country:Greenland
Country Admin Divisions Title:Zone
Population:0

Hazenland or Hazen Land is an uninhabited island of the Lincoln Sea in Peary Land, far northern Greenland.

The island was named in May 1882 by James Booth Lockwood of the Lady Franklin Bay Expedition after General William Babcock Hazen, who had organized the venture. Lockwood reached his farthest north (83° 24′N) on neighboring Lockwood Island.[1]

Geography

Hazenland is located off the eastern side of East Jensen Island in the De Long Fjord zone. The island has an area of 226km2 and a shoreline of 85.3km (53miles).[2]

Its eastern shore forms the western side of Weyprecht Fjord, beyond which lies Lockwood Island. Small and narrow Inge Island, located at the mouth of De Long Fjord lies 2km (01miles) off the western side of Hazenland Island. Wild Sound extends off the southwestern shore and MacMillan Island rises beyond it. Moa Island lies to the southeast at the mouth of Harder Fjord, separated from Hazenland's shore by a narrow sound.[3] [4]

See also

Notes and References

  1. https://collections.dartmouth.edu/arctica-beta/html/EA14-13.html Geographical Items on North Greenland Encyclopedia Arctica 14: Greenland
  2. Web site: UNEP . 2010-07-13 . 2016-04-19 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160419074937/http://islands.unep.ch/ITP.htm . dead .
  3. https://asiaq.maps.arcgis.com/apps/View/index.html?appid=c5c7d9d52a264980a24911d7d33914b5 Nunat Aqqi; Stednavne
  4. Web site: Hazenland. Mapcarta. 16 April 2016.