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Crown Prince Christian Land
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Crown Prince Christian Land (Danish: Kronprins Christian Land) is a large peninsula in northern Greenland. It is a part of King Frederick VIII Land and administratively it belongs to the Northeast Greenland National Park.
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Kronprins Christian Land | |
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Geography | |
Location | Far Northeast Greenland |
Coordinates | 80°52′N 18°45′W |
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Length | 213 km (132.4 mi) |
Width | 115 km (71.5 mi) |
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Greenland (Denmark) | |
Zone | Northeast Greenland National Park |
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It was named after Crown Prince Christian, later Christian X of Denmark (1870–1947) by the 1906–08 Denmark expedition.[1]