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13-603: Administratively it lies in the Northeast Greenland National Park area. This fjord is part of the King Oscar Fjord system. This fjord was named by a Swedish Arctic explorer Alfred Gabriel Nathorst after a Stockholm businessman Seth Michael Kempe (1857– 1946), during the Swedish Greenland Expedition in search of survivors of S. A. Andrée's Arctic balloon expedition of 1897 . Kempe

26-528: Is the northernmost of the western branches of the King Oscar Fjord. Its mouth opens at the western end of Ella Island , where the Narwhal Sound branches southeastwards. It extends roughly southwestwards for about 30 km (19 mi) until Cape Hedlund , from where the fjord divides into three branches: The northwestern shore of the fjord forms the southern shore of Suess Land , and the southeastern,

39-496: Is the world's largest national park and the 10th largest protected area (the only larger protected areas consist mostly of sea). Established in 1974, the Northeast Greenland national park expanded to its present size in 1988. It protects 972,000 km (375,000 sq mi) of the interior and northeastern coast of Greenland and is larger than the area of Tanzania , but smaller than that of Egypt . This means that

52-679: The Sermersooq municipality in the south and with the Avannaata municipality in the west, partly along the 45° West meridian on the ice cap. The large interior of the park is part of the Greenland Ice Sheet , but there are also large ice-free areas along the coast and on Peary Land in the north. The park includes the King Frederick VIII Land and King Christian X Land geographical areas. Originally established on 22 May 1974 from

65-526: The Sermersooq municipality. It encompassed an area of 235,000 km (91,000 sq mi) along the Denmark Strait and the Greenland Sea . Before the creation of the Northeast Greenland National Park in 1974, the former municipality had been much bigger (935,000 km ), formally encompassing the largely uninhabited area to the north up to the border with Avannaa (North Greenland). Population

78-747: The Greenland Department of Environment and Nature. The historical research camps on the ice sheet— Eismitte and North Ice —fall within the boundaries of the present-day park. The park has no permanent human population, although 400 sites see occasional summertime use. In 1986, the population of the park was 40, living at Mestersvig . These 40 were involved in cleanup and closeout operations at mining exploration sites and soon left. Since then, censuses have recorded zero permanent human population. In 2008, only 31 people and about 110 dogs were present over winter in North East Greenland, distributed among

91-411: The coastal regions of the park. In 1993, this was estimated to be 40% of the world population of musk oxen. Other mammals include Arctic fox , stoat , collared lemming , Arctic hare and a small but important population of Greenland wolf . Other marine mammals include ringed seal , bearded seal , harp seal and hooded seal as well as narwhal and beluga whale . Species of birds which breed in

104-472: The following stations (all on the coast, except Summit Camp ): During summer, scientists add to these numbers. The research station Zackenberg Ecological Research Operations (ZERO) 74°28′11″N 20°34′15″W  /  74.469725°N 20.570847°W  / 74.469725; -20.570847 can cater for over 20 scientists and station personnel. An estimated 5,000 to 15,000 musk oxen , as well as numerous polar bears and walrus , can be found near

117-617: The national park is bigger than 166 of the world's 195 countries. It was the first national park to be created in the Kingdom of Denmark and remains Greenland's only national park. It is the northernmost national park in the world and the second-largest by area of any second-level subdivision of any country in the world, trailing only the Qikiqtaaluk Region in Nunavut , Canada. The park shares borders, largely laid out as straight lines , with

130-417: The northern shore of Lyell Land . Gletscherland lies to the west of the fjord system. The Argand Glacier has its terminus in the fjord. This Greenland location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Northeast Greenland National Park Northeast Greenland National Park ( Greenlandic : Kalaallit Nunaanni nuna eqqissisimatitaq , Danish : Grønlands Nationalpark )

143-446: The northern, practically uninhabited part of the former Ittoqqortoormiit Municipality in Tunu (East Greenland), in 1988 the park was expanded by another 272,000 km (105,000 sq mi) to its present size, adding the northeastern part of the former county of Avannaa (North Greenland). In January 1977, it was designated an international biosphere reserve . The park is overseen by

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156-422: The park include great northern diver , barnacle goose , pink-footed goose , common eider , king eider , gyrfalcon , snowy owl , sanderling , ptarmigan and raven . Ittoqqortoormiit Municipality Ittoqqortoormiit Municipality ( Greenlandic pronunciation: [itːɔqːɔʁtɔːʁmiːt] ) was one of the two municipalities of East Greenland . Since 1 January 2009 it has been incorporated into

169-508: Was one of Nathorst's most generous supporters and also a good friend of expedition surveyor Per Dusén . In 1899, while first exploring King Oscar Fjord, Nathorst wanted to reach the sea through Davy Sound , which had been put on the map by William Scoresby in 1822, but the sound was blocked by ice. While travelling back north he found and mapped both this fjord branch, as well as the Segelsällskapet Fjord further south. This fjord

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