Open AccessSystematic 1:500 000 mapping in the Peary Land region, North Greenland
Author(s) -
N Henriksen
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
rapport
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2597-2944
pISSN - 0418-6559
DOI - 10.34194/rapggu.v100.7686
Subject(s) - longitude , geography , geodetic datum , greenland ice sheet , latitude , north east , geology , north pole , physical geography , cartography , geodesy , glacier , history , ethnology
The second season of a three year systematic field mapping programme in the Peary Land region, north of latitude 81°N and east of longitude 40° W, was carried out from June to August 1979. The aim of the programme is to produce a 1:5 map sheet of eastern North Greenland and to investigate the geological framework of the region. As in 1978 the expedition was carried out in cooperation with a surveying group from the Geodetic Institute, Copenhagen, who mainly worked in the region west of Peary Land establishing ground control points for a new topographic map of North Greenland.