Wollaston Foreland
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Wollaston Foreland is a large peninsular land area bounded by Hochstetter Bay and Young Sund in East Greenland
. It was named by William Scoresby
in 1822 as a testimony of respect to William Hyde Wollaston
.
The Danish
sledge patrol Sirius
has its headquarters at Daneborg on the southeastern shore. The research station Zackenberg
is situated further West, near Young Sund.
Greenland
Greenland is an autonomous country within the Kingdom of Denmark, located between the Arctic and Atlantic Oceans, east of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. Though physiographically a part of the continent of North America, Greenland has been politically and culturally associated with Europe for...
. It was named by William Scoresby
William Scoresby
William Scoresby , was an English Arctic explorer, scientist and clergyman.-Early years:Scoresby was born in the village of Cropton near Pickering 26 miles south of Whitby in Yorkshire. His father, William Scoresby , made a fortune in the Arctic whale fishery...
in 1822 as a testimony of respect to William Hyde Wollaston
William Hyde Wollaston
William Hyde Wollaston FRS was an English chemist and physicist who is famous for discovering two chemical elements and for developing a way to process platinum ore.-Biography:...
.
The Danish
Denmark
Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...
sledge patrol Sirius
Slædepatruljen Sirius
Slædepatruljen Sirius or informally Siriuspatruljen is a unique elite Danish navy unit that conducts long-range reconnaissance patrolling and enforces Danish sovereignty in the arctic wilderness of Northern and Eastern Greenland, an area that includes the largest national park in the...
has its headquarters at Daneborg on the southeastern shore. The research station Zackenberg
Zackenberg
Zackenberg is an ecosystem research station and monitoring facility situated in the Northeast Greenland National Park in northeastern Greenland. The station is owned by the Greenland Self-Government and was run by the Danish Polar Center until 2008...
is situated further West, near Young Sund.