Stjernebannertinde

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Stjernebannertinde
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Satellite image of the northern end of Greenland
Highest point
Elevation 1,424 m (4,672 ft) [1]
Prominence 647 m (2,123 ft) [1]
Listing
Coordinates 83°22′52″N28°28′41″W / 83.38111°N 28.47806°W / 83.38111; -28.47806 Coordinates: 83°22′52″N28°28′41″W / 83.38111°N 28.47806°W / 83.38111; -28.47806 [1]
Geography
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Stjernebannertinde
Peary Land, Greenland
Parent range H. H. Benedict Range
Roosevelt Range
Climbing
First ascent 1996 [2]

Stjernebannertinde (Starry Banner Peak) is the highest mountain in the H. H. Benedict Range, a subrange of the Roosevelt Range, Northern Greenland. [2]

Contents

The peak was first climbed in 1996 by the members of the American Top of the World Expedition (ATOW). It was one of the two main objectives of the expedition members in the northern part of Peary Land. [2]

Geography

Rising above the western flank of the Moore Glacier, the 1,424 m (4,672 ft) [1] high Stjernebannertinde is the highest point of the H. H. Benedict Range, an eastern prolongation of the Roosevelt Range located in the eastern section of North Peary Land. The same mountain is marked as a 4,701-foot-high (1,433 m) peak in the A-5 sheet of the Defense Mapping Agency Navigation charts. [3]

Administratively the Stjernebannertinde belongs to the Northeast Greenland National Park.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Stjernebannertinde, Greenland". Peakbagger. Retrieved 21 November 2022.
  2. 1 2 3 1997 American Alpine Journal, p.215
  3. ↑ 1,000,000 scale Operational Navigation Chart; Sheet A-5


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