Valmuedalen

Location of the Valmuedalen

The Valmuedalen (meaning "Mohntal") is an ice-free valley in the north-east Greenland National Park between Adam-Biering-Land in the west and Heilprin-Land in the east. It flows into the Marie-Sophie glacier .

Valmuedalen was discovered in 1912 by the First Thule Expedition and named after the numerous yellow poppies that grow here . The remaining vegetation consists mainly of grasses and the arctic willow . The wide, water-rich valley also offers a suitable habitat for mammals such as musk ox , mountain hare and lemmings, as well as birds such as ptarmigan , stone turnstones , sanderlings , little ringed plover and hawk skuas , but also some insects .

Web links

• Knud Rasmussen: Report of the first Thule expedition 1912 . In: Meddelelser om Grønland . Volume 51, 1915, pp. 283-342 (English).
• Peter Freuchen: General observations as to natural conditions in the country traversed by the Expedition . In: Meddelelser om Grønland . Volume 51, 1915, pp. 343-382 (English).
• Østgrønlandske Stednavne - Fra den første kortlægning (PDF; 9.54 MB) on the website of the Danish Arctic Institute (Danish).

Coordinates: 81 ° 54 ′  N , 34 ° 0 ′  W