Favre Bjerg () is a mountain in eastern

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. Administratively it is part of the

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This peak was named at the time of

Lauge Koch Lauge Koch (5 July 1892 – 5 June 1964) was a Danish geologist and Arctic explorer. Biography Lauge Koch was born in 1892 to Karl and Elisabeth Koch. His development as a scientist was greatly influenced by his father's second cousin Johan Peter ...

’s 1936–38 expedition after Swiss geologist Jean Alphonse Favre (1815–1890). The name was chosen by

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(1893–1983), another Swiss geologist who worked for many years with Lauge Koch in his East Greenland expeditions.

Geography

Favre Bjerg is a roughly high peak that rises in the northern part of central Hudson Land, west of the Stordalen valley and the

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. It is the highest point of Hudson Land.Peakbagger, Favres Bjerg
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Greenland Navigation charts.

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Geography

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