Kayser Mountain Explained

Kayser Mountain
Other Name:Kayser Bjerg
Elevation M:1094
Elevation Ref:[1]
Location:Hall Land, Greenland
Map:Greenland
Map Size:260
Label Position:bottom
Range:Haug Range
Coordinates:81.5542°N -58.9744°W
First Ascent:Unknown

Kayser Mountain (Danish: Kayser Bjerg) is a mountain in Hall Land, NW Greenland. Administratively it is part of the Northeast Greenland National Park. This peak was named after German geologist and paleontologist Emanuel Kayser.

Geography

Kayser Mountain is located at the eastern end of the Haug Range in northern Hall Land, at the southern limit of the Polaris Foreland. It rises 6 km to the southwest of the shore of the Newman Bay fjord.[2] With a height of 1094m (3,589feet), Kayser Mountain is the highest elevation of Hall Land and of the Haug Range.[1]

Brachiopod fossils of genus Pentamerus dating back to the Lower Silurian have been found in this mountain.[3]

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Bibliography

Notes and References

  1. [GoogleEarth]
  2. Web site: Kayser Bjerg. Mapcarta. 8 July 2016.
  3. 10.1111/j.1475-4983.2009.00849.x . 52 . SULCIPENTAMERUS(PENTAMERIDA, BRACHIOPODA) FROM THE LOWER SILURIAN WASHINGTON LAND GROUP, NORTH GREENLAND . 2009 . Palaeontology . 385–399 . Jin . Jisuo. free .