Gefiontinde

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Gefiontinde
Dronning Louise Land-NE Greenland.jpg
Queen Louise Land and neighbouring areas (annotated)
Highest point
Elevation 2,364 m (7,756 ft) [1]
Coordinates 76°28′8″N25°38′31″W / 76.46889°N 25.64194°W / 76.46889; -25.64194 [1]
Geography

Gefiontinde (Gefion Peak) is the highest mountain in Queen Louise Land (Danish : Dronning Louise Land), NE Greenland. The peak is located in the King Frederick VIII Land area of northeastern Greenland. Administratively it is part of the Northeast Greenland National Park zone.

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This peak was named after Gefion, the virgin sister of Danish deities who is said to have ploughed the whole Danish island of Zealand (Sjælland) in one night. [2]

Geography

Gefiontinde is the highest peak in a group of peaks named Gefions Tinder or Gefiontinder at the southwestern end of Queen Louise Land, between Pony Glacier and Budolfi Isstrøm. [3] The nunatak group was named Gefions Tinder or Gefiontinder by the 1912–13 Danish Expedition to Queen Louise Land and Across the North Greenland Ice Sheet led by J.P. Koch. [2]

Gefiontinde is a 2,364.3-metre-high (7,757 ft) peak. [1] This mountain is marked as a 8,799-foot-high (2,682 m) peak in the Defense Mapping Agency Greenland Navigation charts. [4]

Defense Mapping Agency map of Northeastern Greenland. Operational Navigation Chart B-9, 1st edition.jpg
Defense Mapping Agency map of Northeastern Greenland.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Google Earth
  2. 1 2 Higgins, Anthony K. (2010-12-21), "Exploration history and place names of northern East Greenland" (PDF), Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland Bulletin, Copenhagen, Denmark: Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland (GEUS), 21: 1–368, ISSN   1604-8156 , retrieved 2019-12-01
  3. ↑ GEUS Map - Northern East Greenland; Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland Bulletin 21 Map 4 - 1:1 000 000
  4. ↑ 1:1,000,000 scale Operational Navigation Chart, Sheet B-9
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