Lyell Land
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Lyell Land is a peninsula in King Christian X Land, East Greenland. It is located in the King Oscar Fjord area. Administratively it is part of the Northeast Greenland National Park zone.
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Location | East Greenland |
Coordinates | 72°36′N 25°45′W |
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Length | 60 km (37 mi) |
Width | 50 km (31 mi) |
Highest elevation | 2,200 m (7200 ft) |
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Greenland (Denmark) | |
Zone | NE Greenland National Park |
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Population | Uninhabited |
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It was named by Swedish Arctic explorer A.G. Nathorst on his 1899 expedition after Scottish geologist Charles Lyell (1797–1875).[1]