Helvetia Tinde Explained

Helvetia Tinde
Elevation M:1929
Elevation Ref:[1]
Location:Peary Land, Greenland
Map:Greenland
Map Size:260
Range:Roosevelt Range
Coordinates:83.3736°N -35.2711°W
Coordinates Ref:[2]
First Ascent:1969

Helvetia Tinde (Helvetia Peak) is the highest mountain in the Roosevelt Range, Northern Greenland. It is also the highest mountain of the northernmost mountain range on Earth.

Administratively, it belongs to the Northeast Greenland National Park.

Geography

Helvetia Tinde is located about from the North Pole.[3] It is the highest peak of North Peary Land.

This mountain rises in the central region of the Roosevelt Range proper, west of the Polkorridoren (Polar Corridor) pass, about 15km (09miles) SSW of the head of Sands Fjord.[4] Helvetia Tinde is 1929m (6,329feet) high[1] although according to other sources it is a slightly lower peak.[5]

Climbing history

Helvetia Tinde was first climbed in 1969 by the members of an expedition by the British Joint Services during a topographic and geological survey of the northern part of Peary Land.[3]

The second ascent of the summit (and 1st American) was made via a new route (east face) on 17 July 2001 by the 2001 Return To The Top Of The World Expedition led by John Jancik, Ken Zerbst and Terri Baker with David Baker, Jim McCrain, Jim Schaefer, Johan Llwyd, Joe Sears, Vernon Tejas, and Steve Gardiner.[6]

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Notes and References

  1. https://www.academia.edu/7063388/Arctic_astronomy Liviu Ivanescu, Arctic astronomy
  2. https://asiaq.maps.arcgis.com/apps/View/index.html?appid=c5c7d9d52a264980a24911d7d33914b5 Nunat Aqqi; Stednavne
  3. 2002 American Alpine Journal, p.286
  4. H.P. Trettin (ed.), Geology of the Innuitian Orogen and Arctic Platform of Canada and Greenland, p, 46
  5. Web site: Helvetia Tinde, Greenland. Peakbagger. 14 June 2019.
  6. http://publications.americanalpineclub.org/articles/12200228600/North-America-Greenland-North-Peary-Land-North-Peary-Land-First-Ascents-a-Traverse-of-the-Peninsula-and-Confirmation-of-the-Worlds-Most-Northerly-Peak North America, Greenland, North Peary Land, North Peary Land, First Ascents, a Traverse of the Peninsula and Confirmation of the World's Most Northerly Peak