Elevation 2,317 m | ||
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Similar Petermann Peak, Mont Forel, Mount Ratz, Mount Isto, Mount Igikpak | ||
Revaltoppe is one of the highest mountains in Queen Louise Land, NE Greenland. The peak is located in the King Frederick VIII Land area of northeastern Greenland. Administratively it is part of the Northeast Greenland National Park zone.
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Map of Reval Toppen, Greenland
This peak was named after Reval, an old Nordic name for the capital of Estonia, where the Dannebrog is said to have dropped from the sky during a battle between the Danes and the Estonians in 1219.
Geography
Revaltoppe is the highest peak in a group of nunataks to the west of Dannebrogsfjeldene, at the southwestern end of Queen Louise Land (Danish: Dronning Louise Land). The nunatak group was named Reval Toppene or Revaltoppene by J.P. Koch’s 1912–13 Danish Expedition to Queen Louise Land.
Revaltoppe is a 2,317.5 metres (7,603 ft) high peak. This mountain is marked as a 7,999 feet (2,438 m) high peak in the Defense Mapping Agency Greenland Navigation charts.