J. A. D. Jensen Nunataks

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J. A. D. Jensen Nunataks
J. A. D. Jensen Nunatakker
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J. A. D. Jensen Nunataks
Highest point
Elevation 1,667 m (5,469 ft) [1]
Coordinates 62°49′N48°55′W / 62.817°N 48.917°W / 62.817; -48.917 [ failed verification ] [2]
Geography
Location Sermersooq, Greenland
Climbing
First ascent J.A.D. Jensen, 1878

J. A. D. Jensen Nunataks (Danish : J. A. D. Jensen Nunatakker) are a nunatak group in Greenland. Administratively it falls under the Sermersooq Municipality.

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This geographic feature was named after Danish naval officer and Arctic explorer Jens Arnold Diderich Jensen. [3]

Geography

The J. A. D. Jensen Nunataks are located in Southwest Greenland to the northeast of the Dalager Nunataks, [4] near the western limit of the Greenland Ice Sheet and about 60 km from the coast. [2] [5]

The nunatak area is 13 km in length and its maximum width is 8 km; the highest elevation is located at the southeastern end and is 1,667.8 metres (5,472 ft) high. [1]

Climate

Polar climate prevails in the region. The average annual temperature in the area of the J. A. D. Jensen Nunataks is -14 °C. The warmest month is July when the average temperature reaches -4 °C and the coldest is February when the temperature sinks to -20 °C. [6]

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References

  1. 1 2 GoogleEarth
  2. 1 2 "J. A. D. Jensen Nunatakker". Mapcarta. Retrieved 12 August 2016.
  3. ↑ Jensen, J. A. D. (1878). J.A.D. Jensens indberetning om den af ham ledede expedition i 1878[Report on the J.A.D. Jensen Expedition 1878]. Meddelelser om Grønland (in Danish). Vol. 1.
  4. ↑ "Dalager Nunatakker Map, Greenland on Mapcarta".
  5. ↑ "Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland Bulletin on Core" (PDF).
  6. ↑ "NASA Earth Observations Data Set Index". NASA. Archived from the original on 6 August 2013. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
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