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Jameson Land

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Jameson Land is a peninsula in eastern Greenland .

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2-656: Jameson Land is bounded to the southwest by Scoresby Sound (the world's largest fjord ), to the northwest by the Stauning Alps , to the north by Scoresby Land , to the northeast by the Fleming Fjord and the Nathorst Fjord of the Greenland Sea , and to the east by Carlsberg Fjord , the smaller Liverpool Land peninsula branching off, and Hurry Inlet . Its northeastern end is Cape Biot . The Mestersvig military base

4-734: Is located in the northern part of the peninsula. Jameson Land mainly consists of a tilted peneplain of Jurassic sandstone , highest in the east. In the northern end there are also rocks of Triassic age. Two formations are predominant in Jameson Land: the Triassic Fleming Fjord Formation and the Jurassic Kap Stewart Formation. Triassic fossils of the Fleming Fjord Formation in Jameson Land include:

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