title: Daugaard-Jensen Land
text: # Daugaard-Jensen Land
  
  Daugaard-Jensen Land, (Danish: Daugård-Jensen Land), is a peninsula in northwestern Greenland. It is a part of the Avannaata municipality.
  
  Daugaard-Jensen Land was named in honour of Jens Daugaard-Jensen (1871–1938), who was Inspector of Greenland between 1900 and 1912.
  
  ## Geography
  
  Daugaard-Jensen Land is located between Washington Land and the Petermann Glacier. The Cass Fjord is at the southern end, beyond which lies the Humboldt Glacier. The Pentamerus Range is located in the middle/northern region.
  
  The northern coast runs between Aleqatsiaq Fjord and Bessel Fjord, east of which the Petermann Peninsula extends northwards.
  
  | Map of part of Ellesmere Island and far Northern Greenland. | Daugaard-Jensen Land NASA picture. |
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