Amdrup Land
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 1911 Lauge Koch map of NE Greenland showing Amdrup Land | |
  Amdrup Land | |
| Geography | |
|---|---|
| Location | East Greenland |
| Coordinates | 80°47′N 15°22′W / 80.783°N 15.367°W |
| Adjacent to | |
| Length | 100 km (60 mi) |
| Width | 50 km (31 mi) |
| Highest elevation | 590 m (1940 ft) |
| Highest point | Unnamed |
| Administration | |
Greenland (Denmark) | |
| Zone | NE Greenland National Park |
| Demographics | |
| Population | Uninhabited |
Amdrup Land is a land area in the Crown Prince Christian Land peninsula, King Frederick VIII Land, northeastern Greenland.[1] Administratively it belongs to the NE Greenland National Park area.
Numerous fossils of the Carboniferous and Palaeozoic periods have been found in Amdrup Land, including fossil algae and fishes.[2]
Amdrup Land is largely unglaciated. It is bound in the north by the large Flade Isblink ice cap, in the east by Antarctic Bay of the Greenland Sea and in the south by the Ingolf Fjord, on the other side of which rises Holm Land.
The Henrik Krøyer Holme island group lies off its southeastern point. To the northwest rise the Princess Elizabeth Alps.[3]
