Mount Clarence Wyckoff Explained

Mount Clarence Wyckoff
Other Name:Clarence Wyckoff Fjeld
Elevation M:853
Prominence M:290
Location:Peary Land, Greenland
Map:Greenland
Map Size:260
Range:Peary Land
Coordinates:82.8°N -43°W

Mount Clarence Wyckoff (Danish: Clarence Wyckoff Fjeld or Clarence Wyckoff Bjerg)[1] is a mountain in Peary Land, Northern Greenland. Administratively the mountain belongs to the Northeast Greenland National Park.[2]

The peak was named after Clarence F. Wyckoff, one of the members of the Peary Arctic Club in New York.[3]

The Wyckoff Bjerg Formation is named after the mountain. Fossils dating back to the Cambrian have been found in it.[4] [5]

Geography

Mount Clarence Wyckoff is located to the north of Herlufsholm Strand, 18.5km (11.5miles) northwest of Cape Henry Parish.[6] Rising above the eastern shore of Hellefisk Fjord, the 853m (2,799feet) high peak is the highest in the coastal area.[7] The same mountain is mentioned as a 951m (3,120feet) high peak with a prominence of 290m (950feet) according to other sources.[8]

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Notes and References

  1. https://asiaq.maps.arcgis.com/apps/View/index.html?appid=c5c7d9d52a264980a24911d7d33914b5 Nunat Aqqi; Stednavne
  2. [Google Maps]
  3. https://www.projekt-gutenberg.org/peary/nordpol/chap016.html XIV. Der Peary Arctic Club - Projekt Gutenberg
  4. H.P. Trettin (ed.), Geology of the Innuitian Orogen and Arctic Platform of Canada and Greenland. p. 208
  5. https://data.geus.dk/map2/geogreen/G500_Legend.pdf Geological map of Greenland
  6. https://eng.gst.dk/media/9092/greenland-pilot-sailing_directions-for-east-greenland_1st-edition_updated-to-skr-32-2019.pdf Greenland Pilot
  7. https://maps.apps.pgc.umn.edu/id/405 PGC MapKap Eiler Rasmussen - 405 - GRL REF-MT0503-042
  8. Web site: Clarence Wyckoff Fjeld, Greenland. Peakery. 9 December 2022.