Borgtinderne Explained

Borgtinderne
Length Km:	57
Length Orientation:	N/S
Width Km:	17
Width Orientation:	E/W
Elevation M:	3265
Range Coordinates:	68.85°N -42°W
Map:	Greenland

Borgtinderne,^[1] meaning 'Castle Pinnacles' in the Danish language, is a mountain range in King Christian IX Land, eastern Greenland. Administratively this range is part of the Sermersooq Municipality.

Geography

The Borgtinderne is a long nunatak with high mountains. It is located east of the Ejnar Mikkelsen Range, between the Borggraven Glacier on its eastern and the Kronborg Glacier on its western side. The southern end of the range reaches the coast. The area of the Borgtinderne is uninhabited.^[2]

Mountains

The highest point is Borgetinde, a mountain which has a wide reputation among alpinists and which is the easternmost 3000m (10,000feet) summit of Greenland and greater North America.^[3]

• Borgetinde (3,265 m); highest peak at 68.8525°N -28.2375°W^[2]
• Tall peak further north (3,197 m) at 68.92°N -28.2392°W^[2]
• Peak SW of the tallest (2,909 m) at 68.8292°N -28.3442°W^[2]
• Northern end peak (2,389 m) at 68.9625°N -28.2417°W^[2]

Climate

Tundra climate prevails in the region. The average annual temperature in the area of the range is -12 °C. The warmest month is July when the average temperature reaches 0 °C and the coldest is February when the temperature sinks to -21 °C.^[4]

See also

• List of mountain ranges of Greenland
• List of mountains in Greenland
• List of Nunataks of Greenland
• Syenite

External links

• The Development of Mountaineering in East and North-East Greenland- An Outline History
• The Kap Gustav Holm Tertiary Plutonic Centre, East Greenland
• Tertiary Magmatism In East Greenland And Hotspot Magmatism Worldwide

Notes and References

1. Web site: Borgtinderne. Mapcarta. 29 July 2016.
2. [Google Earth]
3. http://www.greenlandheliski.com/index.php?id=gh_ejnar_gallery Tangent - Borgetinde
4. Web site: NASA Earth Observations Data Set Index. NASA. 30 January 2016. 10 May 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200510015442/https://neo.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/dataset_index.php. dead.