Mary Peary Peaks

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Mary Peary Peaks
Mary Peary Tinder
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Robert Peary's 1903 Northern Greenland map section
Highest point
Elevation 1,850 m (6,070 ft) [1]
Prominence 503 m (1,650 ft) [1]
Listing
Coordinates 83°25′18″N32°59′37″W / 83.42167°N 32.99361°W / 83.42167; -32.99361 Coordinates: 83°25′18″N32°59′37″W / 83.42167°N 32.99361°W / 83.42167; -32.99361 [1]
Geography
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Mary Peary Peaks
Parent range Roosevelt Range
Climbing
First ascent No data [2]

The Mary Peary Peaks (Danish : Mary Peary Tinder) are a mountain in the Roosevelt Range, Peary Land, Northern Greenland. Administratively they belong to the Northeast Greenland National Park.

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The peaks were named by Robert Peary after his mother, Mary Peary (1827 – 1900). [3] Peary saw the mountain from a distance, in the vicinity of Constable Bay, as he traveled along the shore. He marked it in his map but did not go inland to explore the features of the range. [4]

Geography

The Mary Peary Peaks are located in the middle sector of the Roosevelt Range east of the Polar Corridor in a roughly central position to the west of the western end of the H. H. Benedict Range. [5] The maximum height is 1,850 metres (6,070 ft). [1] According to the A-5 sheet of the Defense Mapping Agency Navigation chart it is a 6,200-foot-high (1,890 m) summit. [6]

The Sif Glacier originates in the ice cap of the Mary Peary Peaks. It flows in a WSW/ENE direction bifurcating south of the Birgit Koch Peaks with one arm flowing roughly northwards and another southwards. [7]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Helvetia Tinde, Greenland". Peakbagger. Retrieved 25 November 2022.
  2. ↑ Longitude Zone High Points
  3. ↑ Daniel E. Harmon, Robert Peary. 2013
  4. ↑ Manliness and Exploration: The Discovery of the North Pole
  5. ↑ Google Maps
  6. ↑ 1,000,000 scale Operational Navigation Chart; Sheet A-5
  7. ↑ Arctic Report, 121
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