Nordkrone

Nordkrone (Danish: Nordkronen, meaning "Northern Crown") is a mountain in Peary Land, Northern Greenland.[2] Administratively it is part of the Northeast Greenland National Park.

Nordkrone
Nordkronen
Highest point
Elevation1,280 m (4,200 ft) [1]
Coordinates82°45′N 31°0′W [2]
Geography
LocationPeary Land, Greenland
Climbing
First ascentUnknown

Danish Arctic explorer Eigil Knuth described the mountain in the following terms:

(Nordkrone)... is the soul of Peary Land. Isolated it lies in the heart of the country expressing all its vast solitude. With its rows of giant pillars, its glaciers snaking in heraldic designs at the foot, it bears witness to the two mighty powers that reign over Peary Land, the wind and the frost.[3]

Geography

Nordkrone is variously described as a plateau[4] and as a ridge.[5] It has an ice cap out of which flow many glaciers and its slopes are intersected by deep ravines with steep sides.

Nordkrone is located in central Peary Land, to the south of Frederick E. Hyde Fjord, southeast of the head of the Freja Fjord. It rises south of the Balder Glacier, west of which rises Mount Wistar. The Børglum River (Børglum Elv) flows southward from Nordkrone to Brønlund Fjord.[6]

Certain publications give a height of 1,737 metres (5,699 ft), claiming it is the highest elevation of Peary Land, but that is the height of Mt Wistar.[7] Some sources give other elevations ranging from about 1,200 m (3,900 ft)[4] to more than 1,800 m (5,900 ft).[8]

Map of part of Ellesmere Island and far Northern Greenland.

See also

Bibliography

References
  1. Jorgen Bronlunds Fjord, Army Map Service, United States Army Corps of Engineers, Greenland 1:250,000
  2. GoogleEarth
  3. Knuth, Eigil, The Danish expedition to Peary Land. Geographical Journal. 118. p. 8
  4. Prostar Sailing Directions 2005 Greenland and Iceland Enroute, p. 130
  5. Greenland Pilot - Danish Geodata Agency
  6. "Nordkronen". Mapcarta. Retrieved 8 June 2019.
  7. Spencer Apollonio, Lands That Hold One Spellbound: A Story of East Greenland, 2008 p. 278
  8. Nordkronen, Greenland - Peakbagger


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