Fata Morgana Land
| Fata Morgana Land | |
|---|---|
  Reported location of Fata Morgana Land | |
| Created by | First reported by J.P. Koch and Aage Bertelsen |
| Type | Phantom island |
| Notable locations | Greenland Sea |
Fata Morgana Land (Danish: Fata Morgana Landet) was a phantom island in the Arctic. It supposedly lay between north-east Greenland and Svalbard, at the northern end of the Greenland Sea.
History
In 1907, during the 1906–08 Danmark Expedition led by Ludvig Mylius-Erichsen, J.P. Koch and Aage Bertelsen were reported to have been the first to sight land at around 80°00′N 10°00′W / 80.000°N 10.000°W / 80.000; -10.000. Land was also allegedly sighted near this location by Lauge Koch in 1933, from the air, as well as by Peter Freuchen in 1935 and by Ivan Papanin in 1937.[1] Following Papanin's sighting, Koch undertook a seaplane expedition from Svalbard in 1938 to search for the supposed island, but found no trace of it.[2]
The non-existent island was named Fata Morgana Land, after a type of mirage common in polar regions, on the assumption that the land reported sighted at its location was actually Fata Morganas of Tobias Island (Greenlandic: Tuppiap Qeqertaa),[3] a barren, rocky island to the south.[4] The position of Tobias Island, roughly 70 kilometres (43 mi) from the north-eastern coast of Greenland, was determined with accuracy only in 1993.[5]
See also
- Cartographic expeditions to Greenland
- Fata Morgana (mirage)
- List of islands of Greenland
References
^ "Catalogue of place names in northern East Greenland". Geological Survey of Denmark. Retrieved 21 April 2016..mw-parser-output cite.citationfont-style:inherit.mw-parser-output .citation qquotes:"""""""'""'".mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registrationcolor:#555.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration spanborder-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output code.cs1-codecolor:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-errordisplay:none;font-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-errorfont-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-maintdisplay:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-formatfont-size:95%.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-leftpadding-left:0.2em.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-rightpadding-right:0.2em
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^ Koch, L. 1940: Survey of North Greenland. Meddelelser om Grønland 130(1), 364 pp.
^ Andrews, Stefan (13 December 2017). "The explanation for sightings of the Flying Dutchman, and perhaps alien craft, could be Fata Morgana". The Vintage News. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
^ "Tuppiap Qeqertaa". Mapcarta. Retrieved 24 April 2016.
^ Ole Bennike, Naja Mikkelsen & Rene Forsberg: "Tobias Ø" Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine - Grønlands Selskab (Danish)
