Alfheimbjerg (meaning "Alfheim Mountain" in
Danish
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) is a
mountain
A mountain is an elevated portion of the Earth's crust, generally with steep sides that show significant exposed bedrock. Although definitions vary, a mountain may differ from a plateau in having a limited summit area, and is usually highe ...
in the
King Frederick VI Coast
King Frederick VI Coast ( da, Kong Frederik VI Kyst) is a major geographic division of Greenland. It comprises the coastal area of Southeastern Greenland in Sermersooq and Kujalleq municipalities fronting the Irminger Sea of the North Atlantic ...
,
Sermersooq
Sermersooq (, da, sted med meget is, lit=place of much ice) is a municipality in Greenland, formed on 1 January 2009 from five earlier, smaller municipalities. Its administrative seat is the city of Nuuk (formerly called Godthåb), the capital ...
, southeastern
Greenland
Greenland ( kl, Kalaallit Nunaat, ; da, Grønland, ) is an island country in North America that is part of the Kingdom of Denmark. It is located between the Arctic and Atlantic oceans, east of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. Greenland i ...
.
It is named after
Álfheimr
In Norse cosmology, Álfheimr (Old Norse: , "Land of the Elves" or "Elfland"; anglicized as Alfheim), also called "Ljósálfheimr" ( , "home of the Light Elves"), is home of the Light Elves.
Attestations
Álfheim as an abode of the Elves is me ...
, the abode of the
elves
An elf () is a type of humanoid supernatural being in Germanic mythology and folklore. Elves appear especially in North Germanic mythology. They are subsequently mentioned in Snorri Sturluson's Icelandic Prose Edda. He distinguishes " ...
in
Norse mythology.
Geography
This mountain is a
nunatak that rises off the southwestern end of the
Odinland
Odinland ( da, Odin Land), also ''Odinsland'' in the Defense Mapping Agency Greenland Navigation charts, is a peninsula in the King Frederick VI Coast, southeastern Greenland. It is a part of the Sermersooq municipality.
The peninsula is fully e ...
peninsula, between the western side of the
Fimbul Glacier
Fimbul Glacier ( da, Fimbulgletscher), is a glacier in eastern Greenland.
This glacier was named after an Old Norse word for "giant" or "mighty".
Geography
The Fimbul Glacier originates in western Odinland, a glaciated peninsula. It flows so ...
terminus and the northern side of the terminus of the
Bernstorff Glacier
Bernstorff Glacier ( da, Bernstorff Gletscher, also referred to as ''A.P. Bernstorf Gletscher''), is a glacier in the King Frederick VI Coast, Sermersooq, southeastern Greenland.
Like the fjord, this glacier was named after Danish statesman Andr ...
.
To the northeast of Alfheimbjerg, on the opposite side of the Fimbul Glacier, rises the
Brages Range by the confluence of the
Sleipner Glacier
Sleipner Glacier ( da, Sleipner Gletscher), is a glacier in eastern Greenland
Greenland ( kl, Kalaallit Nunaat, ; da, Grønland, ) is an island country in North America that is part of the Kingdom of Denmark. It is located between the A ...
.
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See also
*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 ...
* List of nunataks
References
External links
Not so green - Odin Land
Nunataks of Greenland
Mountains of Greenland
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