[1] Freuchen Land was named after Arctic explorer Peter Freuchen (1886–1957), who took part in the 1906–1908 Denmark expedition and later in Knud Rasmussen's Thule expeditions.

This fjord was named after Peter Freuchen's Inuit wife, Navarana Mequpaluk (died 1921) [5] To the southeast lie the Henson Gletscher and the Expedition Glacier which have their terminus at the J.P. Koch Fjord.

[6] To the south the peninsula is attached to the mainland and its ice cap.

[1] Freuchen Land is mountainous and mostly glaciated in its high interior.

[7] Elevations reaching 1,432 metres (4,698 ft) are found in the central part of the peninsula.