Mount Clarence Wyckoff ( da, Clarence Wyckoff Fjeld or ''Clarence Wyckoff Bjerg'')
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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 north ...
, Northern Greenland
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. Administratively the mountain belongs to the Northeast Greenland National Park
Northeast Greenland National Park ( kl, Kalaallit Nunaanni nuna eqqissisimatitaq, da, Grønlands Nationalpark) is the world's largest national park and the 10th List of largest protected areas in the world, largest protected area (the only large ...
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The peak was named after Clarence F. Wyckoff Clarence may refer to:
Places
Australia
* Clarence County, New South Wales, a Cadastral division
* Clarence, New South Wales, a place near Lithgow
* Clarence River (New South Wales)
* Clarence Strait (Northern Territory)
* City of Clarence, a loca ...
, one of the members of the Peary Arctic Club
The Peary Arctic Club was an American-based club with the goal of promoting the Arctic expeditions of Robert Peary (1856–1920).
This association of influential persons was able to overcome the opposition of the U.S. Navy Department to grant th ...
in New York
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* New York City, the most populous city in the United States, located in the state of New York
* New York (state), a state in the northeastern United States
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The Wyckoff Bjerg Formation is named after the mountain. Fossils dating back to the Cambrian
The Cambrian Period ( ; sometimes symbolized C with bar, Ꞓ) was the first geological period of the Paleozoic Era, and of the Phanerozoic Eon. The Cambrian lasted 53.4 million years from the end of the preceding Ediacaran Period 538.8 million ...
have been found in it.Geological map of Greenland
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Geography
Mount Clarence Wyckoff is located to the north of Herlufsholm Strand
Herluf Trolle Land is an area in Peary Land, North Greenland. Administratively it is part of the Northeast Greenland National Park.Google Maps
The area has two clearly defined parts: Herlufsholm Strand, the flat southeasterly point of Peary Land, ...
, northwest of Cape Henry Parish
Cape Henry Parish ( da, Kap Henry Parish) is a broad headland in the Wandel Sea, Arctic Ocean, northernmost Greenland. Administratively it is part of the Northeast Greenland National Park.
History
In 1900 Peary explored the north coast of Greenla ...
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/ref> Rising above the eastern shore of Hellefisk Fjord
Hellefisk Fjord ( da, Hellefiskefjord) is a fjord in Peary Land, northern Greenland. To the northeast, the fjord opens into the Wandel Sea of the Arctic Ocean.
This fjord is named after the Greenland halibut ( da, Hellefisk). Geography
The Hellefi ...
, the high peak is the highest in the coastal area.[PGC Map''Kap Eiler Rasmussen'' - 405 - GRL REF-MT0503-042](_blank)
/ref> The same mountain is mentioned as a high peak with a prominence of according to other sources.
See also
*List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Greenland
This is a list of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Greenland.
List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units
See also
* List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Antarctica
* Lists of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in North America
* ...
*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 ...
*Herluf Trolle Land
Herluf Trolle Land is an area in Peary Land, North Greenland. Administratively it is part of the Northeast Greenland National Park.Google Maps
The area has two clearly defined parts: Herlufsholm Strand, the flat southeasterly point of Peary Land, ...
References
External links
Boreal Ties: Part II
Geological and structural map of eastern Peary Land
Wyckoff
Peary Land
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