Dansketinden is the highest mountain in the Stauning Alps range, Eastern Greenland.

Dansketinden
Highest point
Elevation2,842 m (9,324 ft)[1]
Prominence2,181 m (7,156 ft)
Listing
Coordinates72°7′35″N 24°57′19″W / 72.12639°N 24.95528°W / 72.12639; -24.95528[1]
Geography
LocationScoresby Land, Greenland
Parent rangeStauning Alps
Climbing
First ascent1954[2]

Geography edit

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.[3] Although according to most available sources this mountain is a 2,842-metre-high (9,324 ft)[3] or 2,831-metre-high (9,288 ft) ultra-prominent peak.[4] it appears as a 2,788-metre-high (9,147 ft) peak in Google Earth.[1]

Climbing history edit

Dansketinden was first climbed by Swiss mountaineers John Haller (1927–1984), Wolfgang Diehl (1908–1990) and Fritz Schwarzenbach on 5 August 1954.[2] The second ascent was made by a 1964 expedition led by Guido Monzino.[3]

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ a b c Google Earth
  2. ^ a b "Dansketinden". Anthony K. Higgins, Exploration history and place names of northern East Greenland. (= Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland Bulletin 21, 2010). Copenhagen 2010. ISBN 978-87-7871-292-9. Archived from the original on 5 January 2016. Retrieved 16 June 2016.
  3. ^ a b c "Catalogue of place names in northern East Greenland". Geological Survey of Denmark. Retrieved 18 June 2016.[permanent dead link]
  4. ^ "Stauning Alper, Greenland". Peakbagger. Retrieved 16 June 2016.

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