Norsketinden is a
mountain
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in the
Stauning Alps
The Stauning Alps ( da, Stauning Alper) are a large system of mountain ranges in Scoresby Land, King Christian X Land, northeastern Greenland. Administratively the Stauning Alps are part of the Northeast Greenland National Park zone.
This mounta ...
, Eastern
Greenland
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.
Geography
Norsketinden is one of the highest mountains in the range. It rises roughly 12 km to the east of the shore of the
Alpefjord —a branch of the
Segelsällskapet Fjord, between the
Vikingebrae and the
Gully Glacier.
Although according to available sources this mountain is a ,
,
[ A. K. Higgins, Jane A. Gilotti, M. Paul Smit eds. ''The Greenland Caledonides: Evolution of the Northeast Margin of Laurentia'', p. 349] or peak.
it appears as a peak in
Google Earth
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.
Climbing history
Norsketinden was first climbed by a Danish–Norwegian expedition on 7 August 1954. The names 'Erik Rødes Tinde' or 'Eirik Raudes Tinde' —after
Erik the Red, were proposed, but the peak was finally named ''Norsketinden''.
See also
*
List of mountain peaks of Greenland
This article comprises three sortable tables of major mountain peaksThis article defines a significant summit as a summit with at least of topographic prominence, and a major summit as a summit with at least of topographic prominence. All ...
References
External links
Caledonian orogen of East Greenland 70°N–82°N
Stauning Alps
Mountains of Greenland
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