Borgtinderne,
meaning '
Castle
A castle is a type of fortified structure built during the Middle Ages predominantly by the nobility or royalty and by military orders. Scholars debate the scope of the word ''castle'', but usually consider it to be the private fortified r ...
Pinnacles' in the
Danish language
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, is a
mountain range
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in
King Christian IX Land, eastern
Greenland
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. Administratively this range is part of the
Sermersooq Municipality.
Geography
The Borgtinderne is a long
nunatak
A nunatak (from Inuit ''nunataq'') is the summit or ridge of a mountain that protrudes from an ice field or glacier that otherwise covers most of the mountain or ridge. They are also called glacial islands. Examples are natural pyramidal peaks. ...
with high mountains. It is located east of the
Ejnar Mikkelsen Range
Ejnar Mikkelsen Range ( da, Ejnar Mikkelsen Fjeld) is a mountain range in King Christian IX Land, eastern Greenland. Administratively it is part of the Sermersooq Municipality.
The range is part of the greater Watkins Range and is named after Da ...
, between the
Borggraven Glacier on its eastern and the
Kronborg Glacier
Kronborg Glacier ( da, Kronborg Gletscher) is a glacier on the east coast of the Greenland ice sheet. It is named after Kronborg Castle in Denmark. Administratively this glacier is part of the Sermersooq Municipality.Google Earth The area surround ...
on its western side. The southern end of the range reaches the coast. The area of the Borgtinderne is uninhabited.
Google Earth
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Mountains
The highest point is Borgetinde, a mountain which has a wide reputation among
alpinists and which is the easternmost summit of Greenland and greater North America.
Tangent - Borgetinde
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* Borgetinde (3,265 m); highest peak at [
* Tall peak further north (3,197 m) at ]
Climate
Tundra climate
The tundra climate is a polar climate sub-type located in high latitudes and high mountains. undra climate https://www.britannica.com/science/tundra-climateThe Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica, 2019 It is classified as ET according to Köppen ...
prevails in the region. The average annual temperature in the area of the range is -12 °C. The warmest month is July when the average temperature reaches 0 °C and the coldest is February when the temperature sinks to -21 °C.
See also
* List of mountain ranges of Greenland
* List of mountains in Greenland
* List of Nunataks of Greenland
*Syenite
Syenite is a coarse-grained intrusive igneous rock with a general composition similar to that of granite, but deficient in quartz, which, if present at all, occurs in relatively small concentrations (< 5%). Some syenites contain larger proport ...
References
External links
The Development of Mountaineering in East and North-East Greenland- An Outline HistoryThe Kap Gustav Holm Tertiary Plutonic Centre, East GreenlandTertiary Magmatism In East Greenland And Hotspot Magmatism Worldwide
Mountain ranges of Greenland
Nunataks of Greenland
Sermersooq
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