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Peary Land

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Peary Land peninsula, N Greenland, extending into the Arctic Ocean. It terminates in Cape Bridgman in the northeast and Cape Morris Jesup in the north, the most northerly point of land yet discovered. The area is mountainous (rising to c.6,400 ft/1,950 m) and is free of the inland icecap. Sparse vegetation supports musk oxen and caribou. The peninsula is named for Robert E. Peary, who first explored it in his expedition of 1891–92.

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Peary Land

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Peary Land, Greenland/Denmark Explored at the end of the 19th century by, and named after, Robert E. Peary (1856–1920), an American Arctic explorer, who claimed to have led the first expedition to have reached the North Pole in 1909. There is still some doubt as to whether he did actually reach the Pole.

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