Dansketinden Explained

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

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.^[2] Although according to most available sources this mountain is a 2842m (9,324feet)^[2] or 2831m (9,288feet) ultra-prominent peak.^[3] it appears as a 2788m (9,147feet) peak in Google Earth.^[1]

Climbing history

Dansketinden was first climbed by Swiss mountaineers John Haller (1927–1984), Wolfgang Diehl (1908–1990) and Fritz Schwarzenbach on 5 August 1954.^[4] The second ascent was made by a 1964 expedition led by Guido Monzino.^[2]

See also

• List of mountain peaks of Greenland
• List of mountains in Greenland
• List of the ultra-prominent summits of North America
• List of the major 100-kilometer summits of North America
• Norsketinden

External links

• Caledonian orogen of East Greenland 70°N–82°N

Notes and References

1. [Google Earth]
2. Web site: Catalogue of place names in northern East Greenland . Geological Survey of Denmark . 18 June 2016 .
3. Web site: Stauning Alper, Greenland. Peakbagger. 16 June 2016.
4. Web site: Dansketinden . Anthony K. Higgins, Exploration history and place names of northern East Greenland. (= Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland Bulletin 21, 2010). Copenhagen 2010 . 978-87-7871-292-9 . 16 June 2016 . 5 January 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160105050439/http://geuskort.geus.dk/stednavnedb/#zoom=13.426486425589601&lat=8006668.7265685&lon=367547.4642124&filter=Dansketinden&additional_yn=y . dead .