Niviarsiat, NE Greenland

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Niviarsiat
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Niviarsiat
Highest point
Elevation 837 m (2,746 ft)
Coordinates 73°4′N25°13′W / 73.067°N 25.217°W / 73.067; -25.217 Coordinates: 73°4′N25°13′W / 73.067°N 25.217°W / 73.067; -25.217 [1]
Geography
Location Suess Land, NE Greenland

Niviarsiat is a mountain in King Christian X Land, Northeast Greenland. Administratively it is part of the Northeast Greenland National Park zone. [2]

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Geography

This mountain rises at the NE end of Suess Land in a bend of the Antarctic Sound, a southern branch of Kaiser Franz Joseph Fjord. [3] It was named by Lauge Koch during his 1926–27 expedition to East Greenland. [4]

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References

  1. GoogleEarth
  2. "Niviarsiat". Mapcarta. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
  3. Higgins, Anthony K. (2010-12-21). "Exploration history and place names of northern East Greenland" (PDF). Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland Bulletin. Copenhagen, Denmark: Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland (GEUS). 21: 1–368. ISSN   1604-8156 . Retrieved 2019-12-01.
  4. Koch, L. 1929: The geology of East Greenland. Meddelelser om Grønland 73, II (1), 1–204.