Scoresby Land

Scoresby Land
Scoresby Nuna (Greenlandic)
Region
Landscape of Scoresby Land: the Stauning Alps.
Location of Scoresby Land
Coordinates: 72°00′N 24°30′W / 72.000°N 24.500°W / 72.000; -24.500
Sovereign state Kingdom of Denmark
Autonomous Territory Greenland
Administrative divisionsNortheast Greenland National Park and Sermersooq

Scoresby Land (Greenlandic: Scoresby Nuna) is an area of Eastern Greenland, which lies partly in Sermersooq and partly in the Northeast Greenland National Park zone. The area is uninhabited, except for Mestersvig, a military outpost.

Muskoxen are found in Scoresby Land, and formerly also reindeer.

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