Gaule Bjerg 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
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 ...
,
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,
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 ...
.
There is little information about this mountain.
Geography
Gaule Bjerg is an isolated
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 ...
located north of the
Fenris Glacier
Fenris Glacier () is a glacier in the Sermersooq municipality, Eastern Greenland.
This glacier is named after Fenris (Fenrir), the mighty wolf of Norse mythology.
Geography
The Fenris Glacier is located on the eastern side of the Greenland ice s ...
, west of the northern end of the
Schweizerland
Schweizerland, also known as Schweizerland Alps, is a mountain range in King Christian IX Land, eastern Greenland. Administratively this range is part of the Sermersooq Municipality.Google Earth Its highest point is one of the highest peaks in G ...
Range.
Its elevation is .
This mountain is marked as a peak in the
Defense Mapping Agency
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Greenland Navigation charts.
[ 1:1,000,000 scale Operational Navigation Chart, Sheet C-13]
See also
*
List of nunataks of Greenland
References
External links
Gaule Bjerg - Peakery
Gaule
Gaule
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