C. H. Ostenfeld Nunatak

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C. H. Ostenfeld Nunatak
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C. H. Ostenfeld Nunatak
Highest point
Elevation 1,019 m (3,343 ft) [1]
Coordinates 74°17′N22°56′W / 74.283°N 22.933°W / 74.283; -22.933 [2]
Geography
Location King Christian X Land, Greenland
Climbing
First ascent Unknown

C. H. Ostenfeld Nunatak is a nunatak in King Christian X Land, East Greenland. Administratively it falls under the Northeast Greenland National Park zone.

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This geographic feature was named by Lauge Koch during his 1929–30 expeditions after Danish botanist Carl Hansen Ostenfeld (1873–1931), author of Flora of Greenland and its origin. [3]

Geography

It is a relatively large nunatak located east of Stenoland between the Wordie Glacier and the Granta Glacier. Its northern end lies 9 km to the east of Faraway How's eastern point. [2]

C. H. Ostenfeld Nunatak is 15.7 km in length and its maximum width is 6.4 km; the highest elevation is located at the western end and is 1,019 metres (3,343 ft) high. [1]

1932 map section showing C. H. Ostenfeld Nunatak and the Wordie Glacier on the left. Clavering 1932.tif
1932 map section showing C. H. Ostenfeld Nunatak and the Wordie Glacier on the left.
Detailed map of the area. Eskimonaes C501 map sheet.tif
Detailed map of the area.

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References

  1. 1 2 GoogleEarth
  2. 1 2 "C. H. Ostenfeld Nunatak". Mapcarta. Retrieved 9 July 2016.
  3. "Catalogue of place names in northern East Greenland". Geological Survey of Denmark. Retrieved 8 July 2016.[ permanent dead link ]