Pic de Gerlache explained

Pic de Gerlache
Elevation M:912
Elevation Ref:[1]
Location:Duke of Orleans Land,
Greenland
Map:Greenland
Map Size:260
Label Position:bottom
Coordinates:78.6008°N -21.4519°W
First Ascent:Unknown

Pic de Gerlache is a mountain in King Frederick VIII Land, NE Greenland. Administratively it is part of the Northeast Greenland National Park.

History

This nunatak was named in 1905 by the Duke of Orléans during his Arctic Expedition on ship Belgica, when he explored parts of the northeastern coast of Greenland. He named it after Belgian explorer Adrien de Gerlache (1866–1934).[2]

Although this peak was an important landmark for the first explorers of the area, the 1906–08 Danmark Expedition was unable to identify the original peak. Since the expedition members considered that the name should be preserved, it was placed on a conspicuous 912m (2,992feet) mountain rising on the north side of Gammel Hellerup Glacier.[3]

A few years later, Ejnar Mikkelsen described this mountain as a pyramid during the 1909-12 Alabama Expedition:

Geography

Pic de Gerlache is located in Norre Biland, the northern section of Duke of Orleans Land.[4] It rises from a nunatak a few kilometers inland in the central zone of Jokel Bay.[1] On some maps the name is misplaced westwards to a slightly higher but less prominent nunatak peak.[3]

See also

Bibliography

Notes and References

  1. [GoogleEarth]
  2. . William . The Arctic voyages of Louis-Philippe-Robert, Duc d'Orléans . Polar Record . 2010 . 46 . 1 . 21–43 . 10.1017/S0032247409008377. 129100092.
  3. Catalogue of place names in northern East Greenland, Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland
  4. Web site: Pic de Gerlache. GeoHack. 20 June 2021.