Ejnar Mikkelsen Range () 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 aris ...

King Christian IX Land King 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 in September 1884 by Gustav ...

, eastern

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. Administratively it is part of the

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 ...

Municipality. The range is part of the greater

Watkins Range The Watkins Range () 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 nunataks, this remote ...

and is named after Danish polar explorer

Ejnar Mikkelsen Ejnar Mikkelsen (23 December 1880 – 1 May 1971) was a Danish polar explorer and writer. He is most known for his expeditions to Greenland. Biography Mikkelsen was born on 23 December 1880, in Brønderslev, Vester Brønderslev, Jutland, th ...

. The highest peak is one of the most impressive mountains in Greenland and has a good reputation among

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s. 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

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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 and west of the

Borgtinderne Borgtinderne, meaning 'Castle Pinnacles' in the Danish language, is a mountain range in King Christian IX Land, eastern Greenland. Administratively this range is part of the Sermersooq Municipality. Geography The Borgtinderne is a long nunatak w ...

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

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Mountains

The highest point in the range is high Ejnar Mikkelsen Fjeld main peak, a massive mountain having a black rock needle 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 The polar climate regions are characterized by a lack of warm summers but with varying winters. Every month a polar climate has an average temperature of less than . Regions with a polar climate cover more than 20% of the Earth's area. Most of ...

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.

Syenite Syenite is a coarse-grained intrusive igneous rock with a general composition similar to that of granite, but deficient in quartz, which, if present at all, occurs in relatively small concentrations (< 5%). It is considered a 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
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Geography

Mountains

Climate

See also