Place names, northern East Greenland

Welcome to the interactive edition of Anthony K. Higgins' "Exploration history and place names of northern East Greenland".

For description of a place name, click on the map or do a keyword search below on individual data sets.

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Last database snapshot: 06-03-2025 (monthly)

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Last database snapshot: 31-03-2025 (weekly)

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