Revaltoppe is one of the highest

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s in

Queen Louise Land Queen Louise Land ( da, Dronning Louise Land; kl, Nuna Dronning Louise) is a vast mountainous region located west of Dove Bay, King Frederick VIII Land, northeastern Greenland. Administratively it is part of the Northeast Greenland National P ...

, NE

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. The peak is located in the

King Frederick VIII Land King Frederick VIII Land ( da, Kong Frederik VIII Land) is a major geographic division of northeastern Greenland. It extends above the Arctic Circle from 76°N to 81°N in a N/S direction along the coast of the Greenland Sea. History This va ...

area of northeastern

. Administratively it is part of the Northeast Greenland National Park zone. This peak was named after

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, the historical name of

Tallinn Tallinn () is the most populous and capital city of Estonia. Situated on a bay in north Estonia, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland of the Baltic Sea, Tallinn has a population of 437,811 (as of 2022) and administratively lies in the Harju '' ...

, the capital of

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, where according to a legend, the ''Dannebrog'' ( flag of Denmark) is said to have dropped from the sky during a

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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 ( da, Dronning Louise Land).GEUS Map - Northern East Greenland; Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland Bulletin 21 Map 4 - 1:1 000 000
/ref> 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 peak. This mountain is marked as a peak in the

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Greenland Navigation charts.1:1,000,000 scale Operational Navigation Chart, Sheet B-9
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Reval Toppen, Greenland - PeakbaggerIce recession in Dronning Louise Land, north-east Greenland
Revaltoppe {{Greenland-geo-stub

Geography

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