Alfheimbjerg (meaning "Alfheim Mountain" in
Danish) is a
mountain
A mountain is an elevated portion of the Earth's crust, generally with steep sides that show significant exposed bedrock. Although definitions vary, a mountain may differ from a plateau in having a limited summit area, and is usually higher t ...
in the
King Frederick VI Coast
King Frederick VI Coast () is a major geographic division of Greenland. It comprises the coastal area of Southeastern Greenland in Sermersooq and Kujalleq municipalities fronting the Irminger Sea of the North Atlantic Ocean. It is bordered by King ...
,
Sermersooq
Sermersooq () is a municipality in Greenland, formed on 1 January 2009 from five previous, smaller municipalities. Its administrative seat is the city of Nuuk (formerly called Godthåb), the capital of Greenland, and it is the most populous ...
, southeastern
Greenland
Greenland is an autonomous territory in the Danish Realm, Kingdom of Denmark. It is by far the largest geographically of three constituent parts of the kingdom; the other two are metropolitan Denmark and the Faroe Islands. Citizens of Greenlan ...
.
It is named after
Álfheimr
In Norse cosmology, Álfheimr (Old Norse: , "Land of the Elves" or "Elfland"; anglicized as Alfheim), also called "Ljósálfheimr" ( , "home of the Ljósálfar, Light Elves"), is home of the Light Elves.
Attestations
Álfheim as an abode of the ...
, the abode of the
elves
An elf (: elves) is a type of humanoid supernatural being in Germanic folklore. Elves appear especially in North Germanic mythology, being mentioned in the Icelandic ''Poetic Edda'' and the ''Prose Edda''.
In medieval Germanic-speakin ...
in
Norse mythology
Norse, Nordic, or Scandinavian mythology, is the body of myths belonging to the North Germanic peoples, stemming from Old Norse religion and continuing after the Christianization of Scandinavia as the Nordic folklore of the modern period. The ...
.
Geography
This mountain is a
nunatak
A nunatak (from Inuit language, Inuit ) is the summit or ridge of a mountain that protrudes from an ice field or glacier that otherwise covers most of the mountain or ridge. They often form natural pyramidal peaks. Isolated nunataks are also cal ...
that rises off the southwestern end of the
Odinland
Odinland (), also ''Odinsland'' in the Defense Mapping Agency Greenland Navigation charts, is a peninsula in the King Frederick VI Coast, southeastern Greenland. It is a part of the Sermersooq Municipalities of Greenland, municipality.
The penins ...
peninsula, between the western side of the
Fimbul Glacier terminus and the northern side of the terminus of the
Bernstorff Glacier
Bernstorff Glacier (, also referred to as ''A.P. Bernstorf Gletscher''), is a glacier in the King Frederick VI Coast, Sermersooq, southeastern Greenland.
Like the fjord, this glacier was named after Danish statesman Andreas Peter Bernstorff.
Geo ...
.
To the northeast of Alfheimbjerg, on the opposite side of the Fimbul Glacier, rises the
Brages Range by the confluence of the
Sleipner Glacier
Sleipner Glacier (), is a glacier in eastern Greenland.
This glacier was named after Sleipner, Odin's mythical eight-legged flying horse.
Geography
The Sleipner Glacier originates in central Odinland, a heavily glaciated peninsula. It flows ...
.
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See also
*List of mountains in Greenland
This is a list of mountains in Greenland.
List
For each mountain, the municipality in which it is located is given, along with coordinates indicating the approximate centre of the mountain (follow the link to see satellite images of the location ...
* List of nunataks
References
External links
Not so green - Odin Land
Nunataks of Greenland
Mountains of Greenland
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