Faraway How

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Faraway How
Highest point
Elevation 1,398 m (4,587 ft)  [1]
Coordinates 74°25′N23°33′W / 74.417°N 23.550°W / 74.417; -23.550 Coordinates: 74°25′N23°33′W / 74.417°N 23.550°W / 74.417; -23.550   [2]
Geography
Location King Christian X Land, Greenland
Climbing
First ascent Unknown

Faraway How is a nunatak in King Christian X Land, East Greenland. Administratively it falls under the Northeast Greenland National Park zone.

Contents

This geographic feature was named by the 1926 Cambridge Expedition to East Greenland led by Sir James Wordie. [3]

Geography

Faraway How is located in the Wordie Glacier north of Steno Land and 9 km to the west of C. H. Ostenfeld Nunatak's northern end. [2]

Faraway How is 7.8 km in length and its maximum width is 3.2 km; the highest elevation is located at the western end and is 1,398 metres (4,587 ft) high. [1]

1932 map section showing Faraway How and the Wordie Glacier on the left. Clavering 1932.tif
1932 map section showing Faraway How 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 "Faraway How". Mapcarta. Retrieved 8 July 2016.
  3. ↑ "Catalogue of place names in northern East Greenland". Geological Survey of Denmark. Retrieved 8 July 2016.[ permanent dead link ]


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