Ingolf Fjeld is a mountain 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 ...

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, Eastern

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. An attempt by Danish/British mountaineers to climb this peak was the subject of a 1981 Danish documentary movie named after the mountain.IMDb - Ingolf Fjeld (1981)
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Geography

The mountain rises steeply from the shore at the northeastern end of the

Kangertittivatsiaq Kangertittivatsiaq, old spelling ''Kangerdlugssuatsiak'', meaning "The rather large fjord," is a fjord in Sermersooq, Eastern Greenland. There are numerous ruins of former relatively large Inuit settlements near the mouth of the fjord. These were ...

fjord. Ingolf Fjeld was mentioned as a peak by

Fridtjof Nansen Fridtjof Wedel-Jarlsberg Nansen (; 10 October 1861 – 13 May 1930) was a Norwegian polymath and Nobel Peace Prize laureate. He gained prominence at various points in his life as an explorer, scientist, diplomat, humanitarian and co-founded the ...

, who further said that it is the first mountain one sees far out at sea in the

Denmark Strait The Denmark Strait is the strait that separates Greenland from Iceland. Geography The strait connects the Greenland Sea, an extension of the Arctic Ocean, to the Irminger Sea, a part of the Atlantic Ocean. It is long. The narrowest part o ...

when approaching East Greenland from

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.Fridtjof Nansen, ''In Northern Mists'', Volume 1, Other sources give an elevation of .

Freddie Spencer Chapman Frederick Spencer Chapman, (10 May 1907 – 8 August 1971) was a British Army officer and World War II veteran, most famous for his exploits behind enemy lines in Japanese occupied Malaya. His medals include the Distinguished Service Order a ...

, the surveyor of the

British Arctic Air Route Expedition The British Arctic Air Route Expedition (BAARE) was a privately funded expedition to the east coast and interior of the island of Greenland from 1930 to 1931. Led by Gino Watkins, it aimed to improve maps and charts of poorly surveyed sections of ...

described the mountain thus: The South Face of Ingolfsfeld was climbed in 1975 by a team led by Steve Chadwick. The climb took four days in ascent and descent. 63 pitches, graded EDsup. The team also made the ascent and descent of the Croatian East Ridge in one 24-hour push.

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Ingolf Fjeld - Greenland , peakery
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