Norsketinden Explained

Norsketinden
Elevation M:2756
Location:Scoresby Land, Greenland
Map:Greenland
Map Size:260
Label Position:left
Range:Stauning Alps
Coordinates:72.1361°N -25.0556°W
Coordinates Ref:[1]
First Ascent:1954

Norsketinden is a mountain in the Stauning Alps, Eastern Greenland.

Geography

Norsketinden is one of the highest mountains in the range. It rises roughly 12 km to the east of the shore of the Alpefjord —a branch of the Segelsällskapet Fjord, between the Vikingebrae and the Gully Glacier.[2] Although according to available sources this mountain is a 2870m (9,420feet),[2] 2797m (9,177feet),[3] or 2789m (9,150feet) peak.[4] it appears as a 2756m (9,042feet) peak in Google Earth.[1]

Climbing history

Norsketinden was first climbed by a Danish–Norwegian expedition on 7 August 1954. The names 'Erik Rødes Tinde' or 'Eirik Raudes Tinde' —after Erik the Red, were proposed, but the peak was finally named Norsketinden.[2]

External links

Notes and References

  1. [Google Earth]
  2. Web site: Catalogue of place names in northern East Greenland . Geological Survey of Denmark . 18 June 2016.
  3. A. K. Higgins, Jane A. Gilotti, M. Paul Smit eds. The Greenland Caledonides: Evolution of the Northeast Margin of Laurentia, p. 349
  4. Web site: North America, Greenland, East Greenland, Staunings Alper. AAJ. 16 June 2016.