376 1. P. Косн. 
As regards а number of the French names И has not been pos- 
sible to place them without some degree of arbitrariness, and be- 
sides it is not excluded that I may have committed rather serious 
mistakes in the placing on the map of several of these French names. 
I have, therefore, considered it most correct to illustrate the facts in 
the accompanying map sketch. 
To the map sketch (Fig. 57) I shall further attach the following 
remarks: 
The name Terre du Duc d’Orleans I have, at the suggestion of 
A. DE GERLACHE, moved to the continent inside Jékelbugten. 
The name Pic de Gerlache I have not been able to localize. As 
this name in particular seemed to me one which should not be 
missing from the map, I have placed it on the continent at a peak 
about 900 metres high, which is visible from the pack ice. 
The name Iles Francaises I have moved to the northernmost 
group of islands, which it is possible for the Belgica-Expedition to 
have seen. 
The traditional right of name-giving of the explorer was by the 
Danmark-Ekspedition interpreted in the following manner, that each 
of the members of the expedition, as a matter of principle, was in- 
vested with this right, and consequently could suggest names. On 
the maps there may consequently, in less prominent localities, appear 
a few names which are only to be considered as a compliment on 
the part of the namers to relations or_friends, who have nothing to 
do with the expedition. This right of suggesting names was, how- 
ever, used in a very moderate and discreet manner. From a cursory 
examination and comparison with Chapter II in G. Amprup’s Report 
on the Danmark-Ekspedition (Meddelelser om Grønland XLI) it will 
appear that most of the names, especially those of more prominent 
localities, are of quite an official character. Of special names I will 
in this connection only mention the following: 
Germania Land. This name was given to the land by Myzius- 
ERICHSEN to commemorate the fact that the Germaniaexpedition had 
discovered it and been the first expedition to set foot on it. Besides 
this name is to be considered as a compliment to the German 
member of our expedition, Dr. ALFRED WEGENER. 
Norske Øer (Norwegian islands). The name is to be considered 
as a compliment to the two Norwegian members of the expedition, 
Harazp L. HAGERUP and ice pilot Karu J. RING. 
Nioghalvfjerdsfjorden (the fjord of seventy-nine). The name 
was originally merely a temporary denomination of the glacier-filled 
fjord north of Lamberts Land. When later on JORGEN BR@NLUND 
