Mallemuk Mountain () is a
mountain
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plateau with seaward
cliff
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s in NE
Greenland
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.
[Mallemukfjeldet - Mapcarta](_blank)
/ref> Administratively it is part of the Northeast Greenland National Park
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zone.
This mountain was named by the ill-fated Denmark expedition
The Denmark expedition (), also known as the Denmark Expedition to Greenland's Northeast Coast and the Danmark Expedition after the ship's name, was an expedition to northeastern Greenland in 1906–1908.
Despite being overshadowed by the dea ...
[Place names, NE Greenland](_blank)
/ref> after the numerous colonies of northern fulmar
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s breeding in the cliffs.[Colonies of northern fulmars and black-legged kittiwakes associated with the northeast water polynya, northeast Greenland](_blank)
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Geography
Mallemuk Mountain is located by the Dijmphna Sound in the southeastern shore of Holm Land
Holm Land (), sometimes referred to as "Hahn Land", is a peninsula in King Frederick VIII Land, northeastern Greenland. Administratively it belongs to the NE Greenland National Park area.
This peninsula was named by the 1906-1908 Denmark expedit ...
, in the King Frederick VIII Land
King Frederik VIII Land (; ) is a major geographic division of northeastern Greenland. It extends above the Arctic Circle from 76°N to 81°N in a North-South direction along the coast of the Greenland Sea.
History
This vast desolate region ...
area of northeastern Greenland. The plateau is about in height and there are small glaciers on its sides, the Depot Glacier and the Mallemuk Glacier. Its cliffs are precipitous and rising steeply from the shore up to about .[Mott T. Greene . ''Alfred Wegener: Science, Exploration, and the Theory of Continental Drift'', p. 136]
For former expeditions to remote NE Greenland Mallemuk Mountain was useful as a landmark for its conspicuous cliffs. The name, however, was used inconsistently and there was a confusion with nearby Depot Fjeld at . Although the sea in the area is permanently covered by fast ice, off the feet of the cliffs there is often open water.
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 ...
*Polynya
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References
External links
Carbon isotope variations in the Upper Carboniferous - Permian Mallemuk Mountain Group, eastern North Greenland
Picture - Tobias Gabrielsen og Aage Berthelsen ved Mallemukfjeldet - Digital collections
Mountains of Greenland
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