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Ketil (mountain)

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First ascent
  
1974

Elevation
  
2,010 m

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Similar
  
Ulamertorsuaq, Nalumasortoq, Napasorsuaq, Gunnbjørn Fjeld, Stetind

The Ketil (Greenlandic: Uiluit Qaqqaa, meaning "Shell Mountain") is a 2,010 m–high mountain in southern Greenland, in the Kujalleq municipality.

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Map of Ketil, Greenland

Ketil's granite walls are similar to Tiningnertok's (Apostelen Tommelfinger), another massive peak in the east coast.

Geography

Together with Nalumasortoq and Ulamertorsuaq, Ketil is part of the group of three massive largely unglaciated rocky mountains rising in the peninsula of the mainland which forms the eastern side of the Tasermiut Fjord.

In the same manner as its slightly lower neighbour Ulamertorsuaq, Ketil has become popular among mountain climbers owing to its higher than 1000 m sheer western granite wall. It is considered one of the most challenging Big Walls on Earth.

This mountain is marked as a 2,003 metres (6,572 ft) high peak in some sources.

References

Ketil (mountain) Wikipedia