9 6 ▁birth s ▁Category : 1 8 7 7 ▁death s ▁Category : 1 9 th - century ▁German ▁writers ▁Category : 1 9 th - century ▁German ▁male ▁writers ▁Category : G erman ▁male ▁non - f iction ▁writers <0x0A> </s> ▁And r ée ▁Land ▁is ▁a ▁pen ins ula ▁in ▁King ▁Christian ▁X ▁Land , ▁East ▁Green land ▁that ▁is ▁bounded ▁by ▁Ke j ser ▁Franz ▁Joseph ▁F j ord , ▁Is f j ord ▁and ▁Ge olog f j ord . ▁ ▁History ▁The ▁pen ins ula ▁was ▁named ▁by ▁A . G . ▁N ath or st ▁on ▁his ▁ 1 8 9 9 ▁expedition ▁after ▁Swedish ▁Ar ctic ▁expl orer ▁Sal omon ▁August ▁And r ée , ▁who ▁had ▁made ▁an ▁attempt ▁to ▁reach ▁the ▁North ▁P ole ▁by ▁bal lo on ▁in ▁ 1 8 9 7 . ▁One ▁of ▁the ▁a ims ▁of ▁N ath or st ' s ▁ 1 8 9 9 ▁vent ure ▁was ▁to ▁search ▁for ▁traces ▁of ▁the ▁lost ▁And r ée ' s ▁Ar ctic ▁Bal lo on ▁Ex ped ition , ▁whose ▁fate ▁was ▁unknown ▁until ▁ 1 9 3 0 , ▁when ▁it ▁became ▁known ▁that ▁And r ée ▁had ▁crash - land ed ▁on ▁the ▁pack ▁ice ▁and ▁died ▁on ▁K v it ø ya . ▁ ▁The ▁region ▁was ▁later ▁visited ▁and ▁accur ately ▁mapped ▁during ▁Lau ge ▁Koch ' s ▁exped itions ▁to ▁East ▁Green land . ▁ ▁Geography ▁And r ée ▁Land ▁is