The Thumbnail is a sea
cliff
In geography and geology, a cliff is an area of rock which has a general angle defined by the vertical, or nearly vertical. Cliffs are formed by the processes of weathering and erosion, with the effect of gravity. Cliffs are common on co ...
in
Kujalleq
Kujalleq ( Greenlandic: , da, Den Syden, lit=The South) is a municipality on the southern tip of Greenland, operational from 1 January 2009. The administrative center of the municipality is in Qaqortoq (formerly called Julianehåb).
Creation
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, South
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 i ...
.
Geography
It is located in
Cape Farewell region, ca. 50 km to the east from the town of
Nanortalik
Nanortalik (), formerly Nennortalik, is a town in Nanortalik Island, Kujalleq municipality, southern Greenland. With 1,185 inhabitants as of 2020, it is the eleventh-largest town in the country. The name ''Nanortalik'' means "Place of Polar Bear ...
, over the west side of
Torssukátak Fjord (also known as
Torssukátak Sound) between the mainland and
Pamiagdluk Island. It belongs to the
Maujit Qaqarssuasia (Qoqarssuasia) massif, its eastern flank being 1560 m a.s.l. The nearest peak dominating the neighboring ridge is
Agdlerussakasit (1760 or 1706 m a.s.l.) and some of the reports on the climbs on the cliff also refer to this summit's name.
Ascents
In 2000, 2003 and 2007 there were established 4 climbing routes on the east face, all starting from the sea. The hardest one is the earliest, British route, established in the steepest, right-hand part of the face in 2000 and
graded as English E6, 6b or American 5.12c. The route finishes on the subsidiary top/outcrop (which was in 2000 called as Thumbnail itself) and has altitude approximated by altimeter as 1350 meters a.s.l. (originally 4490 ft, see references, AAJ 2001, pp. 64 and 70).
References
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Ian Parnell: ''Learning Process''.
American Alpine Journal
The ''American Alpine Journal'' is an annual magazine published by the American Alpine Club. Its mission is "to document and communicate mountain exploration." The headquarters is in Golden, Colorado.
Subtitled as a compilation of "The World's M ...
(AAJ) 2001, pp. 57–70, ''Greenland: The Thumbnail. Fragile moments'', pp. 61–65 (for internet version see external links)
Matt Dickinson (courtesy of Wild Country.co.uk) Climbing the worlds highest sea cliff, Thumbnail in 2000(Retrieved 2011-11-14)
*Cecilia Buil: ''Agdlerussakasit, east face, Maujit Qoqarssasia (1560 m) first ascent and new route''. AAJ 2004, pp. 267–269
*Jon Roberts: ''Agdlerussakasit (1750 m), east face, new route on east face; The Butler (900 m) and Mark (900 m), first ascents''. AAJ 2004, pp. 266–267
Retrieved 2011-11-14)
External links
Ian Parnell: ''Learning Process''. American Alpine Journal 2001, pp. 57-70, internet version as pdf file(Retrieved 2011-11-14).
(Retrieved 2015-10-22).
Mountains of Greenland
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