Helvetia Tinde (Helvetia Peak) is the highest
mountain
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in the
Roosevelt Range
The Roosevelt Range or Roosevelt Mountains ( da, Roosevelt Fjelde) is a mountain range in Northern Greenland. Administratively this range is part of the Northeast Greenland National Park. Its highest peak is the highest point in Peary Land.
Loca ...
, Northern
Greenland
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. It is also the highest mountain of the northernmost mountain range on Earth.
Administratively it belongs to the
Northeast Greenland National Park.
Geography
Helvetia Tinde is located about from the
North Pole
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.
[2002 American Alpine Journal, p.286] It is the highest peak of
North Peary Land.
This mountain rises in the central region of the Roosevelt Range proper, west of the
Polkorridoren
Polkorridoren (meaning "Polar Corridor" in Danish), formerly known as Nordpassagen, is a mountain pass in Peary Land, Greenland. Administratively it is part of the Northeast Greenland National Park.
In 1953 a geological expedition went through t ...
(Polar Corridor) pass, about SSW of the head of
Sands Fjord
Sands Fjord is a fjord in Peary Land, northern Greenland. To the north, the fjord opens into the Lincoln Sea of the Arctic Ocean. Administratively it belongs to the Northeast Greenland National Park.
The fjord was named by Robert Peary in honor ...
.
[H.P. Trettin (ed.), ''Geology of the Innuitian Orogen and Arctic Platform of Canada and Greenland,'' p, 46] Helvetia Tinde is high
although according to other sources it is a slightly lower peak.
Climbing history
Helvetia Tinde was first climbed in 1969 by the members of an expedition by the
British Joint Services during a topographic and geological survey of the northern part of Peary Land.
The second ascent of the summit (and 1st American) was made via a new route (east face) on 17 July 2001 by the 2001 Return To The Top Of The World Expedition led by John Jancik, Ken Zerbst and Terri Baker with David Baker, Jim McCrain, Jim Schaefer, Johan Llwyd, Joe Sears,
Vernon Tejas
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, and Steve Gardiner.
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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 ...
*Peary Land
Peary Land is a peninsula in northern Greenland, extending into the Arctic Ocean. It reaches from Victoria Fjord in the west to Independence Fjord in the south and southeast, and to the Arctic Ocean in the north, with Cape Morris Jesup, the nort ...
References
External links
On top of the worldCrossing North Peary Land in Summer 1953North America, Greenland, Roosevelt Range, J.V. Jensen Land, Avanarsuasua, Exploration
Mountains of Greenland
Roosevelt Range
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