The peninsula was named by A.G. Nathorst on his 1899 expedition after Swedish Arctic explorer Salomon August Andrée, who had made an attempt to reach the North Pole by balloon in 1897.

Andrée Land is located about 100 km inland from the Foster Bay of the Greenland Sea.

[2] Small and rocky Bjorne Island (Bjørneø) is located off the easternmost end of Andrée Land,[3] north of Cape Weber.

A number of valleys cut across the peninsula; the most important are the Grejsdal in the middle, the Eremitdal further north and the Rendal in the west.

The highest point is 2,360 m (7,740 ft) high Margaretatop, also known as Margarita Spids, located in the southern part.