Lyell Land
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  Lyell Land | |
| Geography | |
|---|---|
| Location | East Greenland |
| Coordinates | 72°36′N 25°45′W / 72.600°N 25.750°W |
| Adjacent to | |
| Length | 60 km (37 mi) |
| Width | 50 km (31 mi) |
| Highest elevation | 2,200 m (7200 ft) |
| Administration | |
Greenland (Denmark) | |
| Zone | NE Greenland National Park |
| Demographics | |
| Population | Uninhabited |
Lyell Land is a peninsula in King Christian X Land, East Greenland. It is located in the King Oscar Fjord area. Administratively it is part of the Northeast Greenland National Park zone.
It was named by Swedish Arctic explorer A.G. Nathorst on his 1899 expedition after Scottish geologist Charles Lyell (1797–1875).[1]
