Alleruusakasiit, former spelling ''Agdlerussakasit'', is a
mountain
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in the
Kujalleq
Kujalleq ( Greenlandic: , da, Den Syden, lit=The South) is a municipality on the southern tip of Greenland, operational from 1 January 2009. The administrative center of the municipality is in Qaqortoq (formerly called Julianehåb).
Creation
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municipality, southern
Greenland
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.
Geography
This mountain is a 1,743.7 m high largely
unglaciated
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rocky summit rising 2.8 km west of the shore of
Torsukattak Fjord located across the valley south of
Angiartarfik.
Alleruusakasiit is famous for its massive eastern
cliff
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, known as the
Thumbnail
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.
Ian Parnell
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: ''Learning Process''. American Alpine Journal
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Subtitled as a compilation of "The World's M ...
(AAJ) 2001, pp. 57–70, ''Greenland: The Thumbnail. Fragile moments'', pp. 61–65
See also
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Big wall climbing
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List of mountains in Greenland
This is a list of mountains in Greenland.
List
For each mountain, the municipality in which it is located is given, along with coordinates indicating the approximate centre of the mountain (follow the link to see satellite images of the location ...
References
Mountains of Greenland
Kujalleq
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