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

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. 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 ...

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. 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.An Early Silurian ‘Herefordshire’ myodocope ostracod from Greenland and its palaeoecological and palaeobiogeographical significance
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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.

Bibliography

Greenland geology and selected mineral occurrences - GEUS

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External links

Geological map of Greenland - 1 : 500 000 - Polygon Legend - GEUS
Mountain ranges of Greenland {{Greenland-geo-stub

Geography

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