Zackenberg
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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. In 2009 the running of the Station was transferred to the Dept of Arctic Environment @ the Danish National Environmental Research Institute
peninsula at Young Sund in the Greenland Sea
about 450 km (279.6 mi) northwest of Ittoqqortoormiit
. About 5 km (3.1 mi) southwest of the station lies the 911 meters (2 990 feet) high Mount Zackenberg. Daneborg station is about 25 km (15.5 mi) southeast of Zackenberg.
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Northeast Greenland National Park
Northeast Greenland National Park is the largest national park in the world, with an area of , making the park larger than 163 countries. It is the only national park in Greenland, and the most northerly national park in the world, its most northerly point reaching slightly further than the most...
in northeastern Greenland
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...
. The station is owned by the Greenland Self-Government and was run by the Danish Polar Center until 2008. In 2009 the running of the Station was transferred to the Dept of Arctic Environment @ the Danish National Environmental Research Institute
Geography
Zackenberg Ecological Research Operations is named after the Zackenberg Mountain and lies in the eastern part of Kong Christian X:s Land about 2 km inland on the south coast of Wollaston ForelandWollaston Foreland
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....
peninsula at Young Sund in the Greenland Sea
Greenland Sea
The Greenland Sea is a body of water that borders Greenland to the west, the Svalbard archipelago to the east, Fram Strait and the Arctic Ocean to the north, and the Norwegian Sea and Iceland to the south. The Greenland Sea is often defined as part of the Arctic Ocean, sometimes as part of the...
about 450 km (279.6 mi) northwest of Ittoqqortoormiit
Ittoqqortoormiit
Ittoqqortoormiit is a settlement in the Sermersooq municipality in eastern Greenland. Its population is 469 as of 2010.The Danish name Scoresbysund derives from the name of the Arctic explorer and whaler William Scoresby, who was the first to map the area in 1822. The Greenlandic name...
. About 5 km (3.1 mi) southwest of the station lies the 911 meters (2 990 feet) high Mount Zackenberg. Daneborg station is about 25 km (15.5 mi) southeast of Zackenberg.
Facilities
Zackenberg has 10 buildings holding scientific equipment and laboratories, living accommodations and a communication room . The station can host up to 25 persons at the same time with additional 15 persons at the branch facility at Daneborg. Zackenberg Station has normally been open for scientists from June to August but since 2007 the season has been extended till approximately May to October. Research takes place within the framework ZERO (Zackenberg Ecological Research Operations) dealing with issues concerning ecosystemEcosystem
An ecosystem is a biological environment consisting of all the organisms living in a particular area, as well as all the nonliving , physical components of the environment with which the organisms interact, such as air, soil, water and sunlight....
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