Pyramiden | |
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Highest point | |
Elevation | 1,410 m (4,630 ft) |
Coordinates | 61°38′51″N43°1′3″W / 61.64750°N 43.01750°W [1] |
Geography | |
Location | Kujalleq, Greenland |
Pyramiden is a mountain in King Frederick VI Coast, Kujalleq municipality, southern Greenland.
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]
A pyramidal peak, sometimes called a glacial horn in extreme cases, is an angular, sharply pointed mountain peak which results from the cirque erosion due to multiple glaciers diverging from a central point. Pyramidal peaks are often examples of nunataks.
Gunnbjørn Fjeld is the tallest mountain in Greenland, Denmark, and north of the Arctic Circle. It is a nunatak, a rocky peak protruding through glacial ice.
Wandel Land is a 15.7 km (52,000 ft) nunatak in Avannaata municipality in northwestern Greenland. It is one of several nunataks in the Melville Bay region of Greenland, where the Greenland ice sheet drains into the bay alongside its entire length apart from an occasional nunatak.
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Mount Paatusoq, also known as 'Mount Patuersoq', is the highest mountain in the Kujalleq municipality, SE Greenland.
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Revaltoppe is one of the highest mountains in Queen Louise Land, NE Greenland. The peak is located in the King Frederick VIII Land area of northeastern Greenland. Administratively it is part of the Northeast Greenland National Park zone.
Borgtinderne, meaning 'Castle Pinnacles' in the Danish language, is a mountain range in King Christian IX Land, eastern Greenland. Administratively this range is part of the Sermersooq Municipality.
The Gronau Nunataks is a mountain range in King Christian IX Land, eastern Greenland. Administratively this range is part of the Sermersooq Municipality.
Ejnar Mikkelsen Range is a mountain range in King Christian IX Land, eastern Greenland. Administratively it is part of the Sermersooq Municipality.
The Lindbergh Range or Lindbergh Nunataks is a mountain range in King Christian IX Land, eastern Greenland. Administratively the range is part of the Sermersooq Municipality.
Skirnir Mountains is a group of nunataks in the King Frederick VI Coast, Sermersooq municipality, SE Greenland. The range is named after Skírnir, the messenger of god Freyr in Norse mythology.
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