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Wilhelm August Graah
Born24 May 1793
Copenhagen, Denmark
Died16 September 1863
Copenhagen, Denmark
AllegianceWilhelm August Graah Denmark
Service/branchWilhelm August Graah Royal Danish Navy
Years of service1811–1850
RankCaptain
AwardsKnight's Cross of the Order of the Dannebrog

Wilhelm August Graah (1793–1863) was a Danish naval officer and Arctic explorer. Graah had mapped areas of West Greenland when he, in 1828–30, was sent by King Frederick VI of Denmark on an expedition to the unmapped eastern coast with the purpose to search for the lost Eastern Norse Settlement.

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Wilhelm August Graah

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Wilhelm August Graah (1793–1863) was a Danish naval officer and Arctic explorer. Graah had mapped areas of West Greenland when he, in 1828–30, was sent...

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Graah

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Graah may refer to: Wilhelm August Graah, Danish Arctic explorer Lille Graah, Norwegian journalist Knud Graah, Danish born Norwegian industrialist Graahs...

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Paatusoq

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Paatusoq, mentioned as 'Patursok' by Wilhelm August Graah, is a fjord in the King Frederick VI Coast, Kujalleq municipality, southeastern Greenland. Its...

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Umiak

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kayak, and thus was known as a "woman's boat". Sea kayak Baidarka Wilhelm August Graah Dall, p. 563 Umiak at the Canadian Encyclopedia Nancy Gates (November...

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List of Arctic expeditions

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Edward Parry reaches 82°45′ N 1828–1830: Danish expedition led by Wilhelm August Graah tries to locate the Eastern Settlement in southeast Greenland, but...

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Graah Mountains

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of the Kujalleq municipality. This mountain group was named after Wilhelm August Graah, who described them for the first time during his 1829 expedition...

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Adam Wilhelm Moltke

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Cape Moltke in Greenland was named after him in 1829 by Lieutenant Wilhelm August Graah (1793–1863). Bregentved  This article incorporates text from a publication...

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Skjoldungen

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island is characterized by tundra climate. The island was named by Wilhelm August Graah (1793–1863) after Skjoldungen or Skioldungen, a honorific title for...

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Iluileq Fjord

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Kujalleq municipality, southern Greenland. This fjord was named by Wilhelm August Graah after David Danell, a Dutchman who made three expeditions to Greenland...

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List of Danes

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(1886–1957), Greenland Thomas Vilhelm Garde (1859–1926), Greenland Wilhelm August Graah (1793–1863), Greenland Henning Haslund-Christensen (1896–1948), Mongolia...

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Blond Eskimos

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Europeans (e.g. blonde hair and light complexions) and later Captain Wilhelm August Graah of the Royal Danish Navy, who in 1821 reported Inuit he met with...

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Cape Thorvaldsen

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Islands) lie 26 km west-north-west of the cape. Kap Thorvaldsen Wilhelm August Graah, Narrative of an Expedition to the East Coast of Greenland, p. 160...

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Avaqqat Kangerluat

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Greenland. This fjord was referred to as "Auarket" by Lieutenant Wilhelm August Graah in 1829 during his East Coast expedition. He camped at Taateraat...

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Dannebrog Island

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southern Greenland. The island was named by officer of the Danish Navy Wilhelm August Graah and it was the northernmost point he reached during his 1828-1830...

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Cape Discord

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named in old maps before Lieutenant Wilhelm August Graah passed it in 1829 during his East Coast expedition. Graah took a latitude observation at the headland...

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Graah Fjord

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entrance of the fjord. The fjord was named after Arctic explorer Wilhelm August Graah of the Danish Navy, who was the first to map this area of the coast...

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Griffenfeld Island

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Peder Griffenfeld (1635–1699) by Wilhelm August Graah during his 1829 expedition to the east coast of Greenland. Graah thought that he could see the distant...

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Niviarsiat

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the southern end of the Greenland ice sheet and is conspicuous. Wilhelm August Graah during his 1829 expedition, thought that he could see the Niviarsiat...

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Cape Moltke

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Inuit. Cape Moltke was named by Lieutenant Wilhelm August Graah in 1829 during his East Coast expedition. Graah noticed that north of the cape the land was...

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Kangerluk Fjord

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cove at a place named Saqqap Nuua (Serkertnua) where Lieutenant Wilhelm August Graah was detained seventeen days in 1829 during his East Coast expedition...

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Iluileq

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uninhabited island in the Kujalleq municipality in southern Greenland. Wilhelm August Graah (1793–1863) met groups of Southeast-Greenland Inuit on the island...

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Cape Steen Bille

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Kujalleq municipality. Cape Steen Bille was named in 1829 by Lieutenant Wilhelm August Graah (1793–1863) after Steen Andersen Bille (1797–1883), Danish Royal...

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Thorland

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southern group on the east coast in the recent past. Arctic explorer Wilhelm August Graah of the Danish Navy explored this area in 1828–30, during an expedition...

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Bernstorff Fjord

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southern group on the east coast in the recent past. Arctic explorer Wilhelm August Graah of the Danish Navy explored this area in 1828–30, during an expedition...

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King Frederick VI Coast

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still uncharted southern part of the coast using local umiak boats. Wilhelm August Graah (1793–1863), a Danish naval officer, was sent by the King of Denmark...

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Odinland

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Circle, an ice cap climate prevails in Odinland. Arctic explorer Wilhelm August Graah of the Danish Navy explored this area in 1828–30, during an expedition...

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