Dansketinden

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Dansketinden
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Dansketinden
Highest point
Elevation 2,842 m (9,324 ft) [1]
Prominence 2,181 m (7,156 ft)
Listing
Coordinates 72°7′35″N24°57′19″W / 72.12639°N 24.95528°W / 72.12639; -24.95528 Coordinates: 72°7′35″N24°57′19″W / 72.12639°N 24.95528°W / 72.12639; -24.95528 [1]
Geography
Location Scoresby Land, Greenland
Parent range Stauning Alps
Climbing
First ascent 1954 [2]

Dansketinden is the highest mountain in the Stauning Alps range, Eastern Greenland.

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Geography

Dansketinden rises 15 km east of the shore of the Alpefjord —a branch of the Segelsällskapet Fjord, between the heads of Viking Glacier (Vikingebrae), Gully Glacier and Bersaerkerbrae glaciers. [3] Although according to most available sources this mountain is a 2,842-metre-high (9,324 ft) [3] or 2,831-metre-high (9,288 ft) ultra-prominent peak. [4] it appears as a 2,788-metre-high (9,147 ft) peak in Google Earth. [1]

Climbing history

Dansketinden was first climbed by Swiss mountaineers John Haller (1927–1984), Wolfgang Diehl (1908–1990) and Fritz Schwarzenbach on 5 August 1954. [2] The second ascent was made by a 1964 expedition led by Guido Monzino. [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Google Earth
  2. 1 2 "Dansketinden". Anthony K. Higgins, Exploration history and place names of northern East Greenland. (= Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland Bulletin 21, 2010). Copenhagen 2010. ISBN   978-87-7871-292-9. Archived from the original on 5 January 2016. Retrieved 16 June 2016.
  3. 1 2 3 "Catalogue of place names in northern East Greenland". Geological Survey of Denmark. Retrieved 18 June 2016.[ permanent dead link ]
  4. "Stauning Alper, Greenland". Peakbagger. Retrieved 16 June 2016.