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(Redirected from Gunnbjørnsfjeld) Tallest mountain in Greenland This article is about the mountain Gunnbjørn Fjeld, also known as Hvitserk. For the Norse legend of the same name as the latter, see Hvitserk.
Gunnbjørn Fjeld
Highest point
Elevation3,694 m (12,119 ft)
Prominence3,694 m (12,119 ft)
Listing
Coordinates68°55′10.2″N 29°53′54.72″W / 68.919500°N 29.8985333°W / 68.919500; -29.8985333
Geography
Gunnbjørn Fjeld is located in GreenlandGunnbjørn FjeldGunnbjørn FjeldLocation of Gunnbjørn Fjeld in Greenland
LocationSermersooq, Greenland
Parent rangeWatkins Range
Climbing
First ascent16 August 1935

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.

Geography

Gunnbjørn Fjeld is located in the Watkins Range, an area of nunataks on the east coast, which contains several other summits above 3,500 metres. Its height is often given as 3,700 metres (12,139 ft), although figures vary slightly.

This is higher than Snæfellsjökull, 530.2 kilometers away.

Straight light rays would not allow to see simultaneously Gunnbjørn Fjeld and Snæfellsjökull, while it has been suggested that indivisibility may have existed under hillingar normal weather condition.

History

Gunnbjørn Fjeld was first climbed on 16 August 1935 by Augustine Courtauld, Jack Longland, Ebbe Munck and Lawrence Wager. It is named after Gunnbjörn Ulfsson, the first European to have sighted Greenland.

The peak rises in an uninhabited part of the eastern coast of Greenland. The mountain is climbed infrequently due to its remote location. Access is often done with helicopter or ski-equipped plane (normally from Iceland).

See also

References

  1. "Gunnbjørn Fjeld". Mapcarta. Retrieved 5 July 2016.
  2. "Gunnbjørn Fjeld Mountain Information".
  3. https://home.cc.umanitoba.ca/~lehn/_Papers_for_Download/lehn-PF79.pdf

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