Hold with Hope explained

Hold with Hope
Image Map Size:270px
Image Map Caption:Map of Hold with Hope
Pushpin Map:Greenland
Pushpin Label:Hold with Hope
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of Hold with Hope in Greenland
Coordinates:73.75°N -21°W
Waterbody:Loch Fyne
Gael Hamke Bay
Greenland Sea
Foster Bay
Area Km2:2370
Length Km:77
Width Km:38
Coastline M:-->
Elevation M:1,229
Highest Mount:Spath Plateau
Country:Greenland
Country Admin Divisions Title:Unincorporated area
Country Admin Divisions:Northeast Greenland National Park
Country Area M2:or
Country Area Ha:-->
Population:0
Population As Of:2021
Density Km2:0
Ethnic Groups:none

Hold with Hope is a peninsula in eastern Greenland. Administratively it is part of the Northeast Greenland National Park zone.

Geologically Hold with Hope is a place of great interest.[1]

Geography

Hold with Hope is located between Loch Fyne in the west, Godthab Gulf in the NW, Gael Hamke Bay in the north, the Greenland Sea at its eastern end, and Mackenzie Bay and Foster Bay on its southern side.[2]

The Spath Plateau, where the highest elevations are, is located in the northern part of the peninsula and the Tågefjeldene in the southern part. The Gauss Peninsula is located to the southwest, beyond the Badland Valley (Badlanddal). The section north of (Tobias Dal), a valley stretching from east to west across Hold with Hope, is also known as Home Foreland (Home Forland).[3]

History

This peninsula was reported by English sea explorer Henry Hudson during his 1607 and 1608 voyage on the Muscovy Company 80-ton whaler Hopewell of Hull. It was the first definite record of land in this remote area of Greenland.[4] Hudson described the place as:

The name is one of the oldest known geographical names in Northeastern Greenland. It appeared on an early 17th-century Dutch map by Jodocus Hondius as Holde with hope.[3]

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Notes and References

  1. 10.1016/S0191-8141(00)00012-2 . 22 . 7 . The World's biggest relay ramp: Hold With Hope, NE Greenland . 2000 . Journal of Structural Geology . 843–850 . Peacock . D.C.P. . Price . S.P. . Whitham . A.G. . Pickles . C.S..
  2. Web site: Hold with Hope. Mapcarta. 24 June 2016.
  3. Web site: Catalogue of place names in northern East Greenland . Geological Survey of Denmark . 18 June 2016 .
  4. 10.2307/1781943 . 70 . 3 . 225–265 . The Cambridge Expedition to East Greenland in 1926 . 1927 . The Geographical Journal . Wordie . J. M.. 1781943 .