Parent range Stauning Alps Elevation 2,756 m | First ascent 1954 | |
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Location Scoresby Land, Greenland | ||
Norsketinden is a mountain in the Stauning Alps, Eastern Greenland.
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Geography
Norsketinden is one of the highest mountains in the range. It rises roughly 12 km to the east of the shore of the Alpefjord —a branch of the Segelsällskapets, between the Vikingebrae and the Gully Glacier. Although according to available sources this mountain is a 2,870 metres (9,416 ft), 2,797 metres (9,177 ft), or 2,789 metres (9,150 ft) high peak. it appears as a 2,756 metres (9,042 ft) high peak in Google Earth.
Climbing history
Norsketinden was first climbed by a Danish–Norwegian expedition on 7 August 1954. The names 'Erik Rødes Tinde' or 'Eirik Raudes Tinde' —after Erik the Red, were proposed, but the peak was finally named Norsketinden.
References
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