Qalorngoorneq is a small

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in the eastern part of

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Municipality, southeastern

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its highest point is the highest mountain on the island.

Geography

Qalorngoorneq is located in the eastern part of

, to the southeast of the

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Walls

To the northeast and to the east, Qalorngoorneq walls fall directly into the

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.Tasiilaq, Saga Map, Tage Schjøtt, 1992 The southern wall is the smallest, and the easiest to ascend. Its western wall is the widest, with a prominent pillar in the center falling into a post-glacial

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filled by the ''Qalorngoorner Imerarpia'' lake.

Ridges

Qalorngoorneq has three ridges. Its southeastern ridge extends to the southeastern promontory on the island, with two distinct peaks: ''Saajat'' at and ''Kangeq'' at . The southwestern ridge is the easiest route to the summit, petering out with several rounded trabants in its lower reaches to the south and southwest of the lake. The northwestern ridge falls from the nearly flat summit ridge with a series of trabants, the first and highest a rocky pinnacle, the other progressively lower and rounder, extending into the interior of the island above the central reservoir lake.

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*{{commonscat inline, Qalorujoorneq Mountain ranges of Greenland

Geography

Walls

Ridges

See also

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