Dansketinden is the highest
mountain
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in the
Stauning Alps
The Stauning Alps ( da, Stauning Alper) are a large system of mountain ranges in Scoresby Land, King Christian X Land, northeastern Greenland. Administratively the Stauning Alps are part of the Northeast Greenland National Park zone.
This mounta ...
range, Eastern
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
Dansketinden rises 15 km east of the shore of the Alpefjord —a branch of the
Segelsällskapet Fjord, between the heads of
Viking Glacier ''(Vikingebrae)'',
Gully Glacier and
Bersaerkerbrae glaciers.
Although according to most available sources this mountain is a
or
ultra-prominent peak
An ultra-prominent peak, or Ultra for short, is a mountain summit with a topographic prominence of or more; it is also called a P1500.
The prominence of a peak is the minimum height of climb to the summit on any route from a higher peak, or fro ...
.
it appears as a peak in
Google Earth
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.
Climbing history
Dansketinden was first climbed by Swiss mountaineers John Haller (1927–1984), Wolfgang Diehl (1908–1990) and Fritz Schwarzenbach on 5 August 1954.
The second ascent was made by a 1964 expedition led by Guido Monzino.
See also
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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 ...
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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 ...
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List of the ultra-prominent summits of North America
The following sortable tables comprise the most topographically prominent mountain peaks of greater North America. Each of these 353 summits has at least of topographic prominence.
This article defines greater North America as the portion o ...
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List of the major 100-kilometer summits of North America
The following sortable table comprises the 230 mountain peaks of greater North AmericaThis article defines greater North America as the portion of the continental landmass of the Americas extending westward and northward from the Isthmus o ...
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Norsketinden
Norsketinden is a mountain in the Stauning Alps, Eastern Greenland. Geography
Norsketinden is one of the highest mountains in the range. It rises roughly 12 km to the east of the shore of the Alpefjord —a branch of the Segelsällskapet Fjord, ...
References
External links
Caledonian orogen of East Greenland 70°N–82°N
Stauning Alps
Mountains of Greenland
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