Rigny Bjerg

Mount Rigny, Danish: Rigny Bjerg, Rignys Bjerg) is a mountain peak in East Greenland.[1][2] It is located in King Christian IX Land, Sermersooq Municipality.

Mount Rigny
Rignys Bjerg
Mount Rigny
Highest point
Elevation2,734 m (8,970 ft)
ListingList of mountains in Greenland
Coordinates69°2′55″N 26°49′23″W [1]
Geography
LocationSermersooq, Greenland
Climbing
First ascent2003[1]

The mountain was named by Jules de Blosseville, after French naval officer Marie Henri Daniel Gauthier, comte de Rigny (1782–1835).[3]

Geography

Mount Rigny is the highest peak in a mountainous area east of the Sortebrae Glacier close to the Blosseville Coast. Reaching 2,734 m (8,970 ft),[4] Rigny Bjerg was marked on Jules de Blosseville's map of 1833 which also contained a drawing of the mountain's profile as seen from the sea. The mountain was then identified by the 1895-96 Ingolf Expedition led by C.F. Wandel, and its approximate position determined by the 1898–1900 Carlsbergfund Expedition to East Greenland led by G.C. Amdrup.[2] This mountain's elevation and position are incorrect in the Defense Mapping Agency Greenland Navigation charts.[5]

In Rigny Berg there are routes popular with mountaineers, such as "Snow Falcon",[6] as well as neighboring peaks in the region such as RHARPeak.[7] After a failed attempt in 1998, the first full ascent of the peak was made on 19 July 2003 by the 'Midnight Sun 03 Expedition'.[1]

Certain studies claim that the mountain corresponds to the legendary Norsemen's Blåsærk[8] and to the Mount of Gods Mercie named by Henry Hudson in 1607.[9]

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See also

References
  1. "Catalogue of place names in northern East Greenland". Geological Survey of Denmark. Retrieved 18 June 2016.
  2. "Rigny Bjerg". Mapcarta. Retrieved 6 August 2016.
  3. Løve, Jan - Østgrønlands stednavne - fra den første kortlægning: Blossevilles togt med "La Lilloise" i 1833. Arktisk Institut
  4. Google Earth
  5. 1:1,000,000 scale Operational Navigation Chart, Sheet C-13
  6. Rockclimbing - Snow Falcon - WI3
  7. Rockclimbing - RHARPeak
  8. "Blue Shirt" - probably a descriptive name alluding to a dark appearance towering over the white inland ice, cf Hvitserk.
  9. Tornøe, Johannes Kristoffer (1964). Early American history: Norsemen before Columbus. London: Allen & Unwin. p. 126.
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