Pyramiden (Greenland)

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Pyramiden
Highest point
Elevation 1,410 m (4,630 ft)
Coordinates 61°38′51″N43°1′3″W / 61.64750°N 43.01750°W / 61.64750; -43.01750 [1]
Geography
Location Kujalleq, Greenland

Pyramiden is a mountain in King Frederick VI Coast, Kujalleq municipality, southern Greenland.

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Geography

This mountain is a 1,410 m high largely unglaciated rocky pyramidal peak rising from a nunatak [2] located above the glacier that joins the confluence at the head of Anorituup Kangerlua fjord from the east. [3]

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References

  1. GoogleEarth
  2. Geographical places - Map of Pyramiden in Greenland
  3. "Pyramiden". Mapcarta. Retrieved 10 May 2016.