Dansketinden

Dansketinden
Dansketinden

Scoresby Land, Greenland

Highest point
Elevation 2,842 m (9,324 ft) [1]
Prominence 2,181 m (7,156 ft)
Listing
Coordinates 72°7′35″N 24°57′19″W / 72.12639°N 24.95528°W / 72.12639; -24.95528Coordinates: 72°7′35″N 24°57′19″W / 72.12639°N 24.95528°W / 72.12639; -24.95528 [1]
Geography
Location Scoresby Land, Greenland
Parent range Stauning Alps
Climbing
First ascent 1954[2]

Dansketinden is the highest mountain in the Stauning Alps range, Eastern Greenland.

Geography

Dansketinden rises 15 km east of the shore of the Alpefjord —a branch of the Segelsällskapets, between the heads of Viking Glacier (Vikingebrae), Gully Glacier and Bersaerkerbrae glaciers.[3] Although according to most available sources this mountain is a 2,842 metres (9,324 ft)[3] or 2,831 metres (9,288 ft) high ultra-prominent peak.[4] it appears as a 2,788 metres (9,147 ft) high peak in Google Earth.[1]

Climbing history

Dansketinden was first climbed by Swiss mountaineers John Haller (1927–1984), Wolfgang Diehl (1908–1990) and Fritz Schwarzenbach on 5 August 1954.[2] The second ascent was made by a 1964 expedition led by Guido Monzino.[3]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 Google Earth
  2. 1 2 "Dansketinden". Anthony K. Higgins, Exploration history and place names of northern East Greenland. (= Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland Bulletin 21, 2010). Copenhagen 2010, ISBN 978-87-7871-292-9. Retrieved 16 June 2016.
  3. 1 2 3 "Catalogue of place names in northern East Greenland" (PDF). Geological Survey of Denmark. Retrieved 18 June 2016.
  4. ↑ "Stauning Alper, Greenland". Peakbagger. Retrieved 16 June 2016.

External links

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