Niviarsiat, NE Greenland

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Niviarsiat
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Niviarsiat
Highest point
Elevation 837 m (2,746 ft)
Coordinates 73°03′53″N25°13′30″W / 73.06472°N 25.22500°W / 73.06472; -25.22500
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. [1]

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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. [2] It was named by Lauge Koch during his 1926–27 expedition to East Greenland. [3]

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References

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


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