Mount Wistar ( da, Wistars Fjeld or ''Wistar Bjerg'') is a

mountain A mountain is an elevated portion of the Earth's crust, generally with steep sides that show significant exposed bedrock. Although definitions vary, a mountain may differ from a plateau in having a limited Summit (topography), summit area, and ...

Peary Land Peary Land is a peninsula in northern Greenland, extending into the Arctic Ocean. It reaches from Victoria Fjord in the west to Independence Fjord in the south and southeast, and to the Arctic Ocean in the north, with Cape Morris Jesup, the north ...

, 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 ...

. Administratively it is part of 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 ...

History

Mt Wistar was deemed to have been seen in 1900 by

Robert Peary Robert Edwin Peary Sr. (; May 6, 1856 – February 20, 1920) was an American explorer and officer in the United States Navy who made several expeditions to the Arctic in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He is best known for, in Apri ...

from the northern side of the Frederick E. Hyde Fjord. It was named after General

Isaac J. Wistar Isaac Jones Wistar (November 14, 1827 – September 18, 1905) was an American lawyer, miner, farmer, soldier, and author. He served in the Union Army during the American Civil War, in which he was wounded twice, and was noted for his criticiz ...

(1827-1905), then President of the

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. Peary thought he recognized it as a mountain he had seen from

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in his 1892 expedition. It was mapped by Danish Arctic explorer

Lauge Koch Lauge Koch (5 July 1892 – 5 June 1964) was a Danish geologist and Arctic explorer. Biography Lauge Koch was born in 1892 to Karl and Elisabeth Koch. His development as a scientist was greatly influenced by his father's second cousin Johan Pet ...

and named ''(Wistars Fjeld)'' during his

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of 1938. In 1950

Eigil Knuth Count Eigil Knuth (8 August 1903 – 12 March 1996) was a Danish explorer, archaeologist, sculptor and writer. He is referred to as the Nestor ("elder statesman") of Danish polar explorers. His archaeological investigations were made in Pea ...

, the leader of the

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, asserted that the mountain was part of Nordkrone.Spencer Apollonio, ''Lands That Hold One Spellbound: A Story of East Greenland'', 2008 p. 86

Geography

Mt Wistar is the highest peak of the

Nordkrone Nordkrone ( da, Nordkronen, meaning "Northern Crown") is a mountainous area in Peary Land, Northern Greenland. Administratively it is part of the Northeast Greenland National Park. Fossils dating back to the Silurian have been found in the area ...

Geografisk Tidsskrift, Bind 50 (1950) ''Dansk Pearyland Ekspedition. Sidste års meteorologi og topografisk overblik''
/ref> and is located to the south of the middle stretch of

Frederick E. Hyde Fjord Frederick E. Hyde Fjord is a fjord in Peary Land, far northern Greenland. History The fjord was named by Robert Peary during his 1900 expedition after Frederick Erastus Hyde, one of the founding members and first vice-president of the Peary Arct ...

in Peary Land, east of the eastern shore of

Thor Fjord Thor Fjord ( da, Thors Fjord) is a fjord in Peary Land, far northern Greenland.Google Maps Robert Peary did not explore the Frederick E. Hyde Fjord owing to thick fog at its mouth. The inner fjord branches were mapped and named by Lauge Koch in t ...

and west of

Freja Fjord Freja Fjord ( da, Frejas Fjord) is a fjord in Peary Land, far northern Greenland.Google Maps The fjord is mentioned in a letter from geologist Peter Dawes to Eigil Knuth regarding a possible archaeological discovery.''The Northernmost Ruins of th ...

.Nunat Aqqi; Stednavne
/ref> The mountain rises northwest of the

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prevails in the area of Mt Wistar, the

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in the area being . The warmest month is July when the average temperature rises to and the coldest is April with .

Bibliography

Greenland geology and selected mineral occurrences - GEUS

References

Wistar Peary Land {{Greenland-mountain-stub

History

Geography

See also

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