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Nansen Land is a peninsula in far northwestern Greenland. It is a part of the Northeast Greenland National Park.
The Arctic wolf is present in the peninsula. Food Habits of Arctic Wolves in Greenland Endoparasites of Arctic Wolves in Greenland The northern shore facing the Lincoln sea slopes evenly and is fertile for the area, being the northernmost limit of certain plant species. Northern Limits Attained by British Plants
American geologist William E. Davies called the wider range north of J.P. Koch Fjord and Frederick E. Hyde Fjord the "Nansen-Jensen Alps", with the westernmost foothills in Nansen Land, stretching past the De Long Fjord area across Roosevelt Land and the Roosevelt Range, and reaching all the way to Johannes V. Jensen Land in the east.W. E. Davies, Landscape of Northern Greenland 1972
The peninsula is bounded to the west by the Mascart Sund, to the southwest by the J.P. Koch Fjord and to the east by the Brainard Sund () and Thomas Thomsen Fjord, a branch of the De Long Fjord system. The peninsula is cut by faults roughly from east to west. To the southeast lies the Hans Tausen Ice Cap and to the south the Sirius Pass, a broad valley connecting J.P. Koch Fjord in the west and Brainard Sund in the east in the area where the peninsula is attached to the mainland and its ice cap. Geology of Nansen Land
Northwestern Nansen Land is deeply indented on its Lincoln Sea shore. The main indentations are Jewell Fjord and Gardiner Fjord. The interior is mountainous and partly glaciated.GoogleEarth Elevations reaching are found in the central part of the peninsula. Prostar Sailing Directions 2005 Greenland and Iceland Enroute, p. 95
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