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Mount Clarence Wyckoff ( da, Clarence Wyckoff Fjeld or ''Clarence Wyckoff Bjerg'')
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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 nor ...
, Northern
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 is ...
. 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 largest protected area (the only larger protected areas all consist mostly of sea). ...
.
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 The peak was named after Clarence F. Wyckoff, 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
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. The Wyckoff Bjerg Formation is named after the mountain. Fossils dating back to the
Cambrian The Cambrian Period ( ; sometimes symbolized 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 years ag ...
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, northwest of Cape Henry Parish.Greenland Pilot
/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 H ...
, the high peak is the highest in the coastal area.PGC Map''Kap Eiler Rasmussen'' - 405 - GRL REF-MT0503-042
/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 *
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 ...
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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 Lan ...


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Boreal Ties: Part IIGeological and structural map of eastern Peary Land
Wyckoff Peary Land {{Greenland-mountain-stub