Napasorsuaq

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Napasorsuaq
Kirkespiret
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Highest point
Elevation 1,590 m (5,220 ft)
Listing List of mountains in Greenland
Coordinates 60°21′N44°44′W / 60.350°N 44.733°W / 60.350; -44.733 Coordinates: 60°21′N44°44′W / 60.350°N 44.733°W / 60.350; -44.733
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Napasorsuaq

The Napasorsuaq (Danish : Kirkespiret) is a 1,590m–high mountain in southern Greenland, in the Kujalleq municipality. [1]

Danish language North Germanic language spoken in Denmark

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.

Mountain A large landform that rises fairly steeply above the surrounding land over a limited area

A mountain is a large landform that rises above the surrounding land in a limited area, usually in the form of a peak. A mountain is generally steeper than a hill. Mountains are formed through tectonic forces or volcanism. These forces can locally raise the surface of the earth. Mountains erode slowly through the action of rivers, weather conditions, and glaciers. A few mountains are isolated summits, but most occur in huge mountain ranges.

Greenland Autonomous country within the Kingdom of Denmark

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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Geography

The mountain rises in the mountainous peninsula of the mainland which forms the eastern side of the Southern Sermilik fjord. [2] It is the highest peak of a moderately glaciated mountain chain stretching in a SW/NE direction with summits reaching 1,400 m. The Kirkespirdalen Dal valley, named after the mountain, stretches westwards onto the Saqqa Fjord.

Southern Sermilik

Southern Sermilik is a fjord in southwestern Greenland. Administratively it is part of the Kujalleq municipality.

The Napasorsuaq is a popular mountain among climbers because of its firm granite walls, similar to other peaks in the region such as Ketil and Ulamertorsuaq. [3]

Granite A common type of intrusive, felsic, igneous rock with granular structure

Granite is a common type of felsic intrusive igneous rock that is granular and phaneritic in texture. Granites can be predominantly white, pink, or gray in color, depending on their mineralogy. The word "granite" comes from the Latin granum, a grain, in reference to the coarse-grained structure of such a holocrystalline rock. Strictly speaking, granite is an igneous rock with between 20% and 60% quartz by volume, and at least 35% of the total feldspar consisting of alkali feldspar, although commonly the term "granite" is used to refer to a wider range of coarse-grained igneous rocks containing quartz and feldspar.

Ketil (mountain)

The Ketil is a 2,010 m–high mountain in southern Greenland, in the Kujalleq municipality.

Ulamertorsuaq

The Ulamertorsuaq is a 1,858 m–high mountain in southern Greenland, in the Kujalleq municipality.

View of the South Face of Napasorsuaq. Kirkespiret.jpg
View of the South Face of Napasorsuaq.

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References

  1. Gazetteer of Greenland Archived 2007-03-10 at the Wayback Machine . written by Per Ivar Haug, UBiT (Universitetsbiblioteket i Trondheim), August 2005, ISBN   82-7113-114-1
  2. "Søndre Sermilik". Mapcarta. Retrieved 8 April 2016.
  3. Michael Hjorth. "Ketil Fjeld, South Greenland, 1987". Mapcarta. Retrieved 20 April 2016.