Maps and Exploration

Charcot Land

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.

Also on this shelf

See also

• ▸Ampère Seamount
• ▸French ship Inflexible (1752)
• ▸Fibroblast growth factor receptor 1

Uncatalogued shelf

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