The Pentamerus Range ( da, Pentamerus Bjerge)
is a
mountain range
A mountain range or hill range is a series of mountains or hills arranged in a line and connected by high ground. A mountain system or mountain belt is a group of mountain ranges with similarity in form, structure, and alignment that have arise ...
in far northwestern
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 t ...
. Administratively this range is part of
Avannaata
Avannaata (, da, Det Nordlige, lit=The Northern) is a municipality of Greenland created on 1 January 2018 from the bulk of the former Qaasuitsup municipality. It encompasses an area of 522,700 km2 and has 10,726 inhabitants.
Geography
In ...
municipality
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate.
The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...
. The area of the range is uninhabited.
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This mountain chain was named after the
Pentamerus
:''The gall mite genus ''Pentamerus'', established by Roivainen in 1951, is invalid and needs to be renamed. Until this happens, use '' Pentamerus (mite)''.''
''Pentamerus'' (meaning "five thighs") is a prehistoric genus of brachiopods that live ...
fossils dating back to the
Lower Silurian
The Silurian ( ) is a geologic period and system spanning 24.6 million years from the end of the Ordovician Period, at million years ago ( Mya), to the beginning of the Devonian Period, Mya. The Silurian is the shortest period of the Paleozo ...
that have been found in it.
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Geography
The Pentamerus Range is an up to almost 1,000 m high mountain range in Daugaard-Jensen Land
Daugaard-Jensen Land, ( da, Daugård-Jensen Land), is a peninsula in northwestern Greenland. It is a part of the Avannaata municipality.
Daugaard-Jensen Land was named in honour of Jens Daugaard-Jensen (1871–1938), who was Inspector of Greenl ...
. It runs roughly from northeast to southwest.
See also
*List of mountain ranges of Greenland
This is a list of mountain ranges of Greenland.
List by alphabetical order
*Alángup Qáqai, located in SW Disko Island
*Albert Heim Range ''(Albert Heim Bjerge)'', located in northern Hudson Land, north of Promenadedal.
*Alexandrine Range ' ...
*Peary Land Group
The Peary Land Group is a geologic group in Greenland. It preserves fossils dating back to the Silurian period.
Formations
The following formations are included in the Peary Land Group:
* Adams Bjerg Formation
* Cape Schuchert Formation
*Pentam ...
Bibliography
Greenland geology and selected mineral occurrences - GEUS
References
External links
Geological map of Greenland - 1 : 500 000 - Polygon Legend - GEUS
Mountain ranges of Greenland
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