Margaretatop Explained

Margaretatop
Elevation M:2360
Elevation Ref:[1]
Location:Andrée Land (Greenland)
Map:Greenland
Map Size:260
Coordinates:73.385°N -39.3°W

Margaretatop is a mountain in eastern Greenland. Administratively it is part of the Northeast Greenland National Park.[2]

History

At the time of Lauge Koch's 1949–51 expeditions this summit was named after Margareta Hediger by American geologist John Haller,[1] a Fellow of the Geological Society of America.[3]

The peak is marked as "Margaretatopp"[4] and "Margarita Spids" in some maps.[1] Margaretasø is a small lake in neighboring Rendal at 73.425°N -65°W where the reflection of the mountain can be seen on its surface. This lake was named by John Haller after the same person.[1]

Geography

Margaretatop is the highest point of Andrée Land.

It is a roughly 2360m (7,740feet) high peak that rises in the southwestern part of Andrée Land, east of the Rendal valley and northeast of the shore of the Isfjord, a northern branch of Kaiser Franz Joseph Fjord.[5] This mountain is marked as a 7743feet peak in the Defense Mapping Agency Greenland Navigation charts.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Catalogue of place names in northern East Greenland . Geological Survey of Denmark . 30 September 2019.
  2. [Google Earth]
  3. http://www.geosociety.org/documents/gsa/memorials/v17/Haller-J.pdf Memorial to John Haller – Geological Society of America
  4. https://www.peakbagger.com/peak.aspx?pid=13320 Peakbagger, Margaretatopp
  5. Web site: Margaretatopp. Mapcarta. 1 October 2019.