# Cartographic expeditions to Greenland

This is a list of recognised pioneering expeditions to Greenland that contributed to the cartography of the territory.
| Expedition | Year(s) | Area | Leader |
| Third Northwest Passage Voyage | 1578 | South Greenland | Martin Frobisher |
| Danish Allday Expedition | 1579 | South Greenland | James Allday |
| Danish Heinason Expedition | 1581 | South Greenland | Magnus Heinason |
| John Davis' Expeditions to the Northwest Passage | 1583–1587 | Southwest Greenland | John Davis |
| Christian IV's Expeditions | 1605–1607 | Southeast Greenland | John CunninghamGodske LindenovCarsten RichardsonJames Hall |
| Hall Expedition | 1612 | Southwest Greenland | James Hall and William Baffin |
| English Button Expedition | 1612–1613 | Southwest Greenland | Josias Hubert |
| Baffin Expedition | 1616 | West Greenland | William Baffin |
| Walløe Expedition | 1751–1753 | Southeast Greenland | Peder Olsen Walløe |
| Ross Expedition | 1818 | Northwest Greenland | John Ross |
| Scoresby's Voyage to the Northern Whale-Fishery in the Baffin of Liverpool | 1822 | East Greenland | William Scoresby |
| Commissioners for the Discovery of the Longitude at Sea Expedition | 1823 | East Greenland | Douglas Charles Clavering and Edward Sabine |
| Graah Expedition | 1828–1830 | Southeast Greenland | W. A. Graah |
| La Lilloise Expedition | 1833 | Southeast Greenland | Jules de Blosseville |
| Inglefield Expedition | 1852 | Northwest Greenland | Edward Augustus Inglefield |
| First German North Polar Expedition | 1868 | Northeast Greenland | Carl Koldewey |
| Second German North Polar Expedition (Germania and Hansa) | 1869–1870 | Northeast Greenland | Carl Koldewey |
| British Arctic Expedition | 1875–1876 | North Greenland | George Nares |
| J. A. D. Jensen Expedition | 1878 | Inland ice in West Greenland | J. A. D. Jensen |
| Lady Franklin Bay Expedition | 1881-1884 | Nares Strait area in far northern Greenland | Adolphus Greely |
| Umiak Expedition | 1883–1885 | Southeast Greenland | Gustav Holm and Thomas Vilhelm Garde |
| Second Dickson expedition | 1883 | West Greenland and East Greenland at Ammasalik | Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld |
| Upernavik Mapping Expedition | 1886–1887 | Northwest Greenland | Carl Ryder |
| Nansen Expedition | 1888 | Across the inland ice | Fridtjof Nansen |
| Ryder's East Greenland Expedition | 1891–1892 | Scoresby Sund system | Carl Ryder |
| Peary's North Greenland Expeditions | 1891–1892 | North Greenland | Robert Peary |
| Swedish NW Greenland Expedition | 1892 | Northwest Greenland | Johan Alfred Björling |
| Peary's North Greenland Expeditions | 1893–1895 | North Greenland | Robert Peary |
| Ingolf Expedition | 1895–1896 | East Greenland | C.F. Wandel |
| Peary's Arctic Club Expedition | 1898–1902 | North Greenland | Robert Peary |
| Sverdrup Expedition | 1898 | Northwest Greenland | Otto Sverdrup |
| Carlsbergfund Expedition to East Greenland | 1898–1900 | Coast between Ammassalik Island and Scoresby Sound | G. C. Amdrup |
| Swedish Greenland Expedition to search for Andrée | 1899 | Northeast Greenland | Alfred Gabriel Nathorst |
| Literary Expedition | 1902–1904 | Northwest Greenland | Ludvig Mylius-Erichsen and Knud Rasmussen |
| Duke of Orléans Arctic Expedition | 1905 | Northeast Greenland | Prince Philippe, Duke of Orléans |
| Denmark expedition | 1906–1908 | Northeast Greenland | Ludvig Mylius-Erichsen |
| Alabama Expedition | 1909–1912 | Northeast Greenland | Ejnar Mikkelsen |
| First Thule Expedition | 1912 | North Greenland | Knud Rasmussen and Peter Freuchen |
| Second Swiss Expedition | 1912 | Across the inland ice | Alfred de Quervain |
| Danish Expedition to Queen Louise Land | 1912–1913 | Across the inland ice | J.P. Koch |
| Second Thule Expedition | 1916–1918 | North Greenland | Knud Rasmussen |
| Third Thule Expedition | 1919 | North Greenland | Knud Rasmussen |
| Fourth Thule Expedition | 1919–1920 | East Greenland | Knud Rasmussen |
| Bicentenary Jubilee Expedition | 1921–1923 | North Greenland | Lauge Koch |
| 1929–1930 Expedition to East Greenland | 1929–1930 | Northeast Greenland | Lauge Koch |
| German Greenland Expedition | 1930–1931 | Across the inland ice | Alfred Wegener |
| British Arctic Air Route Expedition | 1930–1931 | East Greenland | Gino Watkins |
| Sixth Thule Expedition | 1931 | Northeast Greenland | Knud Rasmussen |
| 1932–1933 Greenland expedition | 1932–1933 | East Greenland | Gino Watkins until his death, then John Rymill |
| Gefion Expedition | 1932 | Northeast Greenland | Johannes Gerhardt Jennov and Alf Trolle |
| Scoresby Sund Committee's 2nd East Greenland Expedition | 1932 | East Greenland | Ejnar Mikkelsen |
| Three-year Expedition to East Greenland | 1931–1934 | East Greenland | Lauge Koch |
| British East Greenland Expedition | 1935–1936 | East Greenland | Lawrence Wager |
| Cartographic Air Expedition | 1938 | North Greenland | Lauge Koch |
| Mørkefjord Expedition | 1938–1939 | Northeast Greenland | Eigil Knuth |
| Norwegian-French Expedition | 1938–1939 | Northeast Greenland | Gaston Micard |
| Danish Peary Land Expedition. | 1947–1950 | North Greenland | Eigil Knuth |
| British North Greenland Expedition | 1952–1954 | North and Northeast Greenland | James Simpson |
| 1956–1958 Expedition to East Greenland | 1958–1959 | East Greenland | Lauge Koch |