Charcot Land
View of the Daugaard-Jensen Glacier at the head of Nordvestfjord. The shady mountain slope on the right is part of Charcot Land. | |
| Geography | |
|---|---|
| Location | East Greenland |
| Coordinates | 72°15′N 29°0′W / 72.250°N 29.000°W |
| Adjacent to | |
| Length | 35 km (21.7 mi) |
| Width | 20 km (12 mi) |
| Highest elevation | 1,553 m (5095 ft) |
| Administration | |
Greenland (Denmark) | |
| Zone | Northeast Greenland National Park |
| Demographics | |
| Population | Uninhabited |
Charcot Land is a peninsula of Eastern Greenland, part of the Scoresby Sound system. It lies in the Northeast Greenland National Park zone.
The area is remote and uninhabited. It was named after French Polar explorer Jean-Baptiste Charcot (1867–1936) during aerial surveys by Lauge Koch as part of the Three-year Expedition to East Greenland.