Stjernebannertinde (Starry Banner Peak) is the highest mountain in the
H. H. Benedict Range
The H. H. Benedict Range or H. H. Benedict Mountains ( da, H. H. Benedict Bjerge) is a mountain range in Peary Land, Northern Greenland. Administratively this range is part of the Northeast Greenland National Park.
The H. H. Benedict range is pa ...
, a subrange of the
Roosevelt Range
The Roosevelt Range or Roosevelt Mountains ( da, Roosevelt Fjelde) is a mountain range in Northern Greenland. Administratively this range is part of the Northeast Greenland National Park. Its highest peak is the highest point in Peary Land.
Locat ...
, 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 t ...
.
The peak was first climbed in 1996 by the members of the American Top of the World Expedition (ATOW). It was one of the two main objectives of the expedition members in the northern part of Peary Land.
[1997 ''American Alpine Journal'', p.215]
Geography
Rising above the western flank of the
Moore Glacier
Moore Glacier ( da, Moore Gletscher) is a glacier in northern Greenland. Google Earth Administratively it belongs to the Northeast Greenland National Park. Between 2006 and 2010 there was an automatic weather station in the glacier.
The glacier ...
, the
high Stjernebannertinde is the highest point of the
H. H. Benedict Range
The H. H. Benedict Range or H. H. Benedict Mountains ( da, H. H. Benedict Bjerge) is a mountain range in Peary Land, Northern Greenland. Administratively this range is part of the Northeast Greenland National Park.
The H. H. Benedict range is pa ...
, an eastern prolongation of the Roosevelt Range located in the eastern section of
North Peary Land. The same mountain is marked as a peak in the A-5 sheet of the
Defense Mapping Agency
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Navigation charts.
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Administratively the Stjernebannertinde 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 List of largest protected areas in the world, largest protected area (the only large ...
.
See also
*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 ...
*ATOW1996
ATOW1996 is one of the northernmost documented points of land on Earth. It is a small island about long and one metre high, located several miles north of Cape Morris Jesup in northern Greenland at . It was discovered by and named after the (A ...
References
External links
''Oodaaq Ø and other short-lived islets north of Greenland'', Polar Record 55(01):14–24, July 2019 DOI:10.1017/S0032247419000135
Mountains of Greenland
Roosevelt Range
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