Mount Clarence Wyckoff

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Mount Clarence Wyckoff
Clarence Wyckoff Fjeld
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Highest point
Elevation 853 m (2,799 ft) [1]
Prominence 290 m (950 ft) [2]
Listing
Coordinates 82°48′N23°20′W / 82.800°N 23.333°W / 82.800; -23.333 Coordinates: 82°48′N23°20′W / 82.800°N 23.333°W / 82.800; -23.333 [3]
Geography
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Mount Clarence Wyckoff
Peary Land, Greenland
Parent range Peary Land

Mount Clarence Wyckoff (Danish : Clarence Wyckoff Fjeld or Clarence Wyckoff Bjerg) [4] is a mountain in Peary Land, Northern Greenland. Administratively the mountain belongs to the Northeast Greenland National Park. [3]

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The peak was named after Clarence F. Wyckoff, one of the members of the Peary Arctic Club in New York. [5]

The Wyckoff Bjerg Formation is named after the mountain. Fossils dating back to the Cambrian have been found in it. [6] [7]

Geography

Mount Clarence Wyckoff is located to the north of Herlufsholm Strand, 18.5 kilometres (11 mi) northwest of Cape Henry Parish. [8] Rising above the eastern shore of Hellefisk Fjord, the 853 metres (2,799 ft) high peak is the highest in the coastal area. [1] The same mountain is mentioned as a 951 metres (3,120 ft) high peak with a prominence of 290 m (950 ft) according to other sources. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 PGC MapKap Eiler Rasmussen - 405 - GRL REF-MT0503-042
  2. 1 2 "Clarence Wyckoff Fjeld, Greenland". Peakery. Retrieved 9 December 2022.
  3. 1 2 Google Maps
  4. ↑ Nunat Aqqi; Stednavne
  5. ↑ XIV. Der Peary Arctic Club - Projekt Gutenberg
  6. ↑ H.P. Trettin (ed.), Geology of the Innuitian Orogen and Arctic Platform of Canada and Greenland. p. 208
  7. ↑ Geological map of Greenland
  8. ↑ Greenland Pilot
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