Ejnar Mikkelsen Range ( da, Ejnar Mikkelsen Fjeld) is a

mountain range A mountain range or hill range is a series of mountains or hills arranged in a line and connected by high ground. A mountain system or mountain belt is a group of mountain ranges with similarity in form, structure, and alignment that have arise ...

King Christian IX Land King Christian IX Land ( da, Kong Christian IX Land) is a coastal area of Southeastern Greenland in Sermersooq Municipality fronting the Denmark Strait and extending through the Arctic Circle from 65°N to 70°N. History This area was named i ...

, eastern

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. Administratively it is part of the

Sermersooq Sermersooq (, da, sted med meget is, lit=place of much ice) is a municipality in Greenland, formed on 1 January 2009 from five earlier, smaller municipalities. Its administrative seat is the city of Nuuk (formerly called Godthåb), the capital ...

Municipality. The range is part of the greater

Watkins Range The Watkins Range ( da, Watkins Bjerge) is Greenland's highest mountain range. It is located in King Christian IX Land, Sermersooq municipality. The range was named after British Arctic explorer Gino Watkins. History Made up entirely of nunat ...

and is named after Danish polar explorer

Ejnar Mikkelsen Ejnar Mikkelsen (December 23, 1880 – May 1, 1971) was a Danish polar explorer and author. He is most known for his expeditions to Greenland. Biography Mikkelsen was born in Vester Brønderslev, Jutland. He served in the Georg Carl Amdrup exp ...

. The highest peak is one of the most impressive mountains in Greenland and has a good reputation among alpinists. It was first climbed in 1970 by Andrew Ross leading a Scottish team,North America, Greenland, Ejnar Mikkelsen Fjeld Ascent
/ref> and for the second time in 1998 by Roland Aeschimann leading a Swiss team.

Geography

The Ejnar Mikkelsen Range is a long nunatak with high peaks extending for about in a north–south direction. It is located east of the main

on the eastern side of the

Kronborg Glacier Kronborg Glacier ( da, Kronborg Gletscher) is a glacier on the east coast of the Greenland ice sheet. It is named after Kronborg Castle in Denmark. Administratively this glacier is part of the Sermersooq Municipality. Google Earth The area surrou ...

and west of the Borgtinderne, another nunatak with high peaks. Its northern end connects with the northern part of the Watkins Range. The area of this range is uninhabited. Google Earth

Mountains

The highest point in the range is high Ejnar Mikkelsen Fjeld main peak, a massive mountain having a black

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at the top that marks the true summit.Summit Post - Ejnar Mikkelsens Fjeld
/ref> None of the other peaks in the nunatak rises above . This summit is one of the highest summits in Greenland and it is marked as a peak in some sources. * Ejnar Mikkelsen Fjeld (3,282 m); highest peak at * Tall peak further south (2,724 m) at * Tall peak further north (2,679 m) at

Climate

Polar climate prevails in the region. The average annual temperature in the area of the range is -14 °C. The warmest month is July when the average temperature reaches -2 °C and the coldest is February when the temperature sinks to -22 °C.

References

External links

The Development of Mountaineering in East and North-East Greenland- An Outline HistoryThe Kap Gustav Holm Tertiary Plutonic Centre, East GreenlandTertiary Magmatism In East Greenland And Hotspot Magmatism Worldwide
Mountain ranges of Greenland Nunataks of Greenland Sermersooq {{Greenland-mountain-stub

Geography

Mountains

Climate

See also

References

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