Pentamerus Range

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Pentamerus Range
Pentamerus Bjerge
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Location
Geography
Country Greenland
Range coordinates 80°39′N64°30′W / 80.650°N 64.500°W / 80.650; -64.500 Coordinates: 80°39′N64°30′W / 80.650°N 64.500°W / 80.650; -64.500
Geology
Age of rock Lower Silurian

The Pentamerus Range (Danish : Pentamerus Bjerge) [1] is a mountain range in far northwestern Greenland. Administratively this range is part of Avannaata municipality. The area of the range is uninhabited. [2]

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This mountain chain was named after the Pentamerus fossils dating back to the Lower Silurian that have been found in it. [3]

Geography

The Pentamerus Range is an up to almost 1,000 m high mountain range in Daugaard-Jensen Land. It runs roughly from northeast to southwest. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Pentamerus Bjerge". Mapcarta. Retrieved 9 January 2019.
  2. Google Earth
  3. An Early Silurian ‘Herefordshire’ myodocope ostracod from Greenland and its palaeoecological and palaeobiogeographical significance