Dansketinden

Dansketinden
Highest point
Elevation2,842 m (9,324 ft)[1]
Prominence2,181 m (7,156 ft)
Listing
Coordinates72°7′35″N 24°57′19″W / 72.12639°N 24.95528°W / 72.12639; -24.95528[1]
Geography
LocationScoresby Land, Greenland
Parent rangeStauning Alps
Climbing
First ascent1954[2]

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

Geography

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Dansketinden rises 15 km east of the shore of the Alpefjord —a branch of the Segelsällskapet Fjord, 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-metre-high (9,324 ft)[3] or 2,831-metre-high (9,288 ft) ultra-prominent peak.[4] it appears as a 2,788-metre-high (9,147 ft) peak in Google Earth.[1]

Climbing history

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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

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References

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  1. ^ a b c Google Earth
  2. ^ a b "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. Archived from the original on 5 January 2016. Retrieved 16 June 2016.
  3. ^ a b c "Catalogue of place names in northern East Greenland". Geological Survey of Denmark. Retrieved 18 June 2016.[permanent dead link]
  4. ^ "Stauning Alper, Greenland". Peakbagger. Retrieved 16 June 2016.
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