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Andrée Land (Greenland)

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in the northeast. A number of valleys cut across the peninsula; the most important are the Grejsdal in the middle, the Eremitdal further north and the Rendal in the west.
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in 1897. One of the aims of Nathorst's 1899 venture was to search for traces of the lost
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Andrée Land is mountainous. The highest point is 2,360 m (7,740 ft) high
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The peninsula is attached to the mainland on its northwestern side, with the
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group to the NW of Andrée Land. Some of the other noteworthy peaks are:
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are a mountain range at the SW end rising above the Isfjord.
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is located off the easternmost end of Andrée Land, north of
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The region was later visited and accurately mapped during
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Andrée Land is located about 100 km inland from the
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Andrée Land (Svalbard)

Andrée Land is located in Greenland
73°35′N 26°00′W / 73.583°N 26.000°W / 73.583; -26.000
Kaiser Franz Joseph Fjord
Margaretatop
NE Greenland National Park
peninsula
King Christian X Land
Greenland
Kejser Franz Joseph Fjord
A.G. Nathorst
Swedish
Arctic explorer
Salomon August Andrée
North Pole
balloon
Andrée's Arctic Balloon Expedition
Kvitøya
Lauge Koch
Foster Bay
Greenland Sea
Kaiser Franz Joseph Fjord
Isfjord
Fraenkel Land
Geologfjord
Strindberg Land
Bjorne Island
Cape Weber
Gerard De Geer Glacier

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