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Torgilsbu

Place in Greenland, Denmark

Torgilsbu was a Norwegian hunting, meteorological and radio station (Torgilsbu Radio/LMQ) located on the King Frederick VI Coast, Southeastern Greenland

Torgilsbu

Finnsbu

Place in Greenland, Denmark

later moved by Gunnar Horn to neighboring Nanuuseq Fjord and renamed Torgilsbu. On 12 July 1932 Devold was required by the Norwegian government to formally

Finnsbu

Bluie

WWII United States military code name for Greenland

or west along the Greenland coast from Cape Farewell. Bluie East One: Torgilsbu radio and weather station at 60°9′N 43°53′W / 60.150°N 43.883°W / 60

Bluie

Fridtjof Nansen Land

Former Norwegian territory in Greenland

territory were Finnsbu in the north, with Trollbotn and Vogtsbu nearby, and Torgilsbu in the south. Fridtjof Nansen Land was also a proposed name of the archipelago

Fridtjof Nansen Land

Fridtjof_Nansen_Land

Torgils Orrabeinfostre

Viking hero of Floamanna saga

Nanuuseq Fjord in 1932 was named Torgilsbu, after this legendary hero. In 1940 this station was abandoned and the name "Torgilsbu" was transferred to one of

Torgils Orrabeinfostre

Torgils_Orrabeinfostre

Gunnar Horn

Norwegian petroleum geologist and Arctic explorer

ship Veslemari to East Greenland to establish the Storfjord, Finnsbu and Torgilsbu stations as part of the Norwegian contribution to the International Polar

Gunnar Horn

Gunnar_Horn

Nanuuseq Fjord

Fjord in Greenland

moved to a better location further north to Nanuuseq Fjord and was named Torgilsbu, after Torgils Orrabeinfostre, a legendary Norseman who was shipwrecked

Nanuuseq Fjord

Nanuuseq_Fjord

Jonsbu

Place in Greenland, Denmark

"Norsk Petersbugt Station". Together with Myggbukta, as well as Storfjord, Torgilsbu and Finnsbu further south, Jonsbu became part of the Norwegian contribution

Jonsbu

Myggbukta

Place in Greenland, Denmark

Together with Jónsbú Station in Hochstetter Foreland, as well as Storfjord, Torgilsbu and Finnsbu further south, Myggbukta became part of the Norwegian contribution

Myggbukta

Erik the Red's Land

Norwegian claim to an area of eastern Greenland from 1931 to 1933

Cartographic expeditions to Greenland King Christian X Land Finnsbu and Torgilsbu, part of a simultaneous claim in Southeast Greenland, which was called

Erik the Red's Land

Erik_the_Red's_Land

Storfjord Station

Place in Greenland, Denmark

and the Storfjord Station was reestablished. Together with Finnsbu and Torgilsbu further south, as well as Jonsbu in the far north, Storfjord became part

Storfjord Station

Storfjord_Station

Lindenow Fjord

Fjord in the King Frederick VI Coast, Greenland

moved to a better location further north to Nanuuseq Fjord and was named Torgilsbu, after Torgils Orrabeinfostre, a legendary Norseman who was shipwrecked

Lindenow Fjord

Lindenow_Fjord

Thorland

Peninsula in Sermersooq, Greenland

built which was later moved to neighboring Nanuuseq Fjord and renamed Torgilsbu. Finnsbu was abandoned following the 1933 resolution of the Permanent

Thorland

SS Buskø

Norwegian sealing vessel

weather, and radio stations along the East Greenland coast, Myggbukta and Torgilsbu being the most important. After the German conquest of Norway, resupply

SS Buskø

SS_Buskø

Kangerlussuaq Fjord, East Greenland

Fjord in east Greenland

March, with -18 °C. List of fjords of Greenland Skaergaard intrusion Torgilsbu Finnsbu Therkel Mathiassen (1934), Eskimo finds from the Kangerdlugssuaq

Kangerlussuaq Fjord, East Greenland

Kangerlussuaq_Fjord,_East_Greenland

Hallvard Devold

Norwegian Arctic explorer, trapper and meteorologist

outposts were closed. However some of the stations, such as Myggbukta and Torgilsbu continued operation for a few years under Danish jurisdiction and restrictions

Hallvard Devold

Hallvard_Devold

Finn Devold

Norwegian Arctic explorer, marine biologist and meteorologist

1933. Even then, some stations, such as Jonsbu at the northern end and Torgilsbu at the southern, continued operation under Danish jurisdiction and restrictions

Finn Devold

Finn_Devold

King Frederick VI Coast

Region in Greenland

rejecting Norway's claims in Greenland, Finnsbu was abandoned, but the Torgilsbu station continued operation until 1940. A name suggested for the Norwegian

King Frederick VI Coast

King_Frederick_VI_Coast

Telenor Kystradio

Norwegian maritime telecommunications company

coast of Greenland in 1932: Karlsbakk, Myggbukta, Jonsbu, Storfjord, Torgilsbu and Finnbus. These were used for a combination of meteorological reports

Telenor Kystradio

Telenor_Kystradio