# Washington Land

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**Washington Land** is a [peninsula](/source/Peninsula) in northwestern [Greenland](/source/Greenland). It is a part of the [Avannaata](/source/Avannaata) municipality.[1]

Washington Land was explored in the 19th century. Traditionally it was one of the hunting grounds of the Inuit, but there are archaeological remains of more permanent human habitation in ancient times.

## Geography

Washington Land is located to the west of [Daugaard-Jensen Land](/source/Daugaard-Jensen_Land), between the [Kane Basin](/source/Kane_Basin) in the west and northwest and [Peabody Bay](/source/Peabody_Bay) in the south. [Crozier Island](/source/Crozier_Island), [Franklin Island](/source/Franklin_Island_(Greenland)) and [Hans Island](/source/Hans_Island) are located off [Lafayette Bay](/source/Lafayette_Bay) in its NW shore.

The [Cass Fjord](/source/Cass_Fjord) forms the peninsula's southeastern coastline, across which is the [Humboldt Glacier](/source/Humboldt_Glacier) and beyond it [Inglefield Land](/source/Inglefield_Land). The [Aleqatsiaq Fjord](/source/Aleqatsiaq_Fjord) forms the limit of its northern shore. [Cape Jackson](/source/Cape_Jackson_(Greenland)) is Washington Land's south-westernmost headland and protrudes at the junction of the [Kennedy Channel](/source/Kennedy_Channel) and the Kane Basin.[2] The northernmost headland is [Cape Bryan](/source/Cape_Bryan).[3]

Washington Land is a largely [unglaciated](/source/Unglaciated) peninsula. [Adams Bjerg](/source/Adams_Bjerg) is located in the middle region.[4][1]

## See also

- [Washington Land Group](/source/Washington_Land_Group)

## Bibliography

- H.P. Trettin (ed.), *Geology of the Innuitian Orogen and Arctic Platform of Canada and Greenland*. Geological Survey of Canada (1991) ISBN 978-0660131313
- Ole Bennike, Jon Feilberg: *Bird observations in Washington Land, North Greenland, in 1999*. Dansk Orn. Foren. Tidsskr. 98 (2004): 192–195
- Ole Bennike: *Late Quaternary history of Washington Land, North Greenland*. Boreas, Vol. 31 (2002), 260–272. Oslo. ISSN [0300-9483](https://www.worldcat.org/issn/0300-9483)

## References

1. ["Washington Land"](https://mapcarta.com/20007816). *Mapcarta*. Retrieved 4 March 2019.

1. *Prostar Sailing Directions 2005 Greenland and Iceland Enroute,* p. 92

1. *Prostar Sailing Directions 2005 Greenland and Iceland Enroute,* p. 93

1. [GoogleEarth](/source/GoogleEarth)

## External links

- [Silurian graptolites from N Greenland - Geological Society](http://sp.lyellcollection.org/content/20/1/181)

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