| Knud Rasmussen Range | |
|---|---|
| Usugdluk | |
  Location | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 408 m (1,339 ft) |
| Dimensions | |
| Length | 17 km (11 mi)NW/SE |
| Width | 8 km (5.0 mi)NE/SW |
| Geography | |
| Country | Greenland |
| Range coordinates | 68°2′N50°17′W / 68.033°N 50.283°W Coordinates: 68°2′N50°17′W / 68.033°N 50.283°W |
The Knud Rasmussen Range (Danish : Knud Rasmussen Bjerge), also known as Usugdluk, [1] is a mountain range in West Greenland. Administratively this range is part of the Qaasuitsup municipality.
Danish is a North Germanic language spoken by around six million people, principally in Denmark and in the region of Southern Schleswig in northern Germany, where it has minority language status. Also, minor Danish-speaking communities are found in Norway, Sweden, Spain, the United States, Canada, Brazil, and Argentina. Due to immigration and language shift in urban areas, around 15–20% of the population of Greenland speak Danish as their first language.
A mountain range or hill range is a series of mountains or hills ranged in a line and connected by high ground. A mountain system or mountain belt is a group of mountain ranges with similarity in form, structure, and alignment that have arisen from the same cause, usually an orogeny. Mountain ranges are formed by a variety of geological processes, but most of the significant ones on Earth are the result of plate tectonics. Mountain ranges are also found on many planetary mass objects in the Solar System and are likely a feature of most terrestrial planets.
Greenland is an autonomous constituent country of the Kingdom of Denmark between the Arctic and Atlantic oceans, east of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. Though physiographically a part of the continent of North America, Greenland has been politically and culturally associated with Europe for more than a millennium. The majority of its residents are Inuit, whose ancestors began migrating from the Canadian mainland in the 13th century, gradually settling across the island.
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The range is named after Greenlandic/Danish polar explorer Knud Rasmussen.
Knud Johan Victor Rasmussen was a Greenlandic–Danish polar explorer and anthropologist. He has been called the "father of Eskimology" and was the first European to cross the Northwest Passage via dog sled. He remains well known in Greenland, Denmark and among Canadian Inuit.
