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The topographic elevation of a summit measures the height of the summit above a geodetic sea level. [2] The first table below ranks the 40 highest major summits of Greenland by elevation. The topographic prominence of a summit is a measure of how high the summit rises above its surroundings.
1.2 Above 2000 m. 1.3 Above 1000 m. 1.4 ... Download QR code; Print/export ... Mountain peaks lit by the sun in East Greenland. This is a list of mountains in ...
Alexandrine Range (Alexandrine Bjerge), rising above the southeastern shore of Denmark Fjord. Amitsorssûp Qulâ, located south of the Ameralik Fjord in West Greenland. [3] Barth Range (Barth Bjerge), located in Queen Margrethe II Land. [2] Borgtinderne, a long nunatak with multiple peaks east of the Ejnar Mikkelsen Range. Highest peak ...
Greenland Native name: Grønland Kalaallit Nunaat Outline map of Greenland with ice sheet depths. (Much of the area in green has permanent snow cover, but less than 10m (33ft) thick.) Geography Location Between the Arctic Ocean and the North Atlantic Ocean Coordinates 64°10′N 51°43′W / 64.167°N 51.717°W / 64.167; -51.717 Area 2,166,086 km 2 (836,330 sq mi) Area rank 1st ...
However, in 1930 Gino Watkins, leader of the British Arctic Air Route Expedition, discovered a new mountain range from the air located over 350 km to the northeast of Schweizerland [5] that he named 'New Mountains'. [6] This was the higher Watkins Range with the Gunnbjørnsfjeld, the actual highest summit in Greenland. [7]
Gunnbjørn Fjeld is located in the Watkins Range, an area of nunataks on the east coast, which contains several other summits above 3,500 metres. [1] Its height is often given as 3,700 metres (12,139 ft), although figures vary slightly. This is higher than Snæfellsjökull, 530.2 kilometers away on the west coast of Snæfellsnes on Iceland. [2]
Greenland bedrock is above sea level. Greenland is the world's largest non-continental island [95] and the third largest area in North America after Canada and the United States. [96] It is between latitudes 59° and 83°N, and longitudes 11° and 74°W. Over 80% of Greenland lies north of the Arctic Circle.
Schweizerland, also known as Schweizerland Alps, [1] is a mountain range in King Christian IX Land, eastern Greenland. Administratively this range is part of the Sermersooq Municipality. [ 2 ] Its highest point is one of the highest peaks in Greenland.