Niviarsiat
Niviarsiat is a mountain in the Kujalleq municipality, southern Greenland.[2]
Niviarsiat | |
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Niviarsiat Qaqat | |
Highest point | |
Elevation | 1,300 m (4,300 ft) |
Coordinates | 61°25′N 45°13′W [1] |
Geography | |
Location | Kujalleq, Greenland |
Geography
This mountain is a 1,300 m high summit with multiple peaks rising to the northeast of the Kiattuut Sermiat glacier.[3]
Niviarsiat is located near the southern end of the Greenland ice sheet and is conspicuous.[4]
History
Wilhelm August Graah during his 1829 expedition, thought that he could see the Niviarsiat peaks from a hilltop of Griffenfeldt Island in the eastern coast of Greenland:
They were probably, the tops of Niviarsiet, or The Maidens, in the district of Juliana's Hope.[5]
Despite the distance across the ice sheet, other authors regard Graah's conclusion as correct.[6]
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See also
References
- GoogleEarth
- "Niviarsiat". Mapcarta. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
- "Bulletin 21, 2010 - GEUS" (PDF). Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
- Daniel Bruun, Icelandic Colonization of Greenland, p. 202. Full text of "Meddelelser om Grønland" - Internet Archive
- W.A. Graah, Narrative of an Expedition to the East Coast of Greenland, London, 1837 p. 85
- James Nicol, An Historical and Descriptive Account of Iceland, Greenland, and the Faroe Islands, p. 228
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