Zackenberg or Zackenburg 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 ...
in
Wollaston Foreland
Wollaston Foreland ( da, Wollaston Forland) is a peninsula in King Christian X Land, East Greenland. Administratively it belongs to the NE Greenland National Park area.
History
This peninsula was named by William Scoresby in 1822 as a testimony ...
, NE
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 ...
.
Geography
This dark-hued mountain is located at the southern end of the western section of the Wollaston Foreland. Zackenberg rises steeply from the shore of the Zackenberg Bay on the northern side the
Young Sound
Young Sound ( da, Young Sund) is a marine channel with a fjord structure in King Christian X Land, East Greenland. Administratively it is part of the Northeast Greenland National Park zone. History
The fjord was given the name "Young’s Bay" by ...
( da, Young Sund). It is a high massive mountain with a number of peaks, hence its German name 'Zackenberg', referring to its serrated top.
A river flows on its northern and eastern side forming a valley between this mountain and the higher
Dombjerg to the north.
The
Zackenberg Station
Zackenberg (or ZERO - Zackenberg Ecological Research Operations), or Zackenberg Research Station, is an ecosystem research station and monitoring facility situated in the Northeast Greenland National Park in northeastern Greenland. The station i ...
, a research facility, is built at the foot of the mountain.
Zackenberg Research Station
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See also
*List of mountain peaks of Greenland
This article comprises three sortable tables of major mountain peaksThis article defines a significant summit as a summit with at least of topographic prominence, and a major summit as a summit with at least of topographic prominence. All ...
References
External links
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Zackenberg climatic data
Zackenberg
Zackenberg or Zackenburg is a mountain in Wollaston Foreland, NE Greenland. Geography
This dark-hued mountain is located at the southern end of the western section of the Wollaston Foreland. Zackenberg rises steeply from the shore of the Zackenbe ...
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