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Mount Clarence Wyckoff ( or ''Clarence Wyckoff Bjerg'')
/ref> is a mountain in Peary Land, Northern
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. Administratively the mountain belongs to the Northeast Greenland National Park.
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The peak was named after Clarence F. Wyckoff, one of the members of the Peary Arctic Club in New York. The Wyckoff Bjerg Formation is named after the mountain. Fossils dating back to the
Cambrian The Cambrian ( ) is the first geological period of the Paleozoic Era, and the Phanerozoic Eon. The Cambrian lasted 51.95 million years from the end of the preceding Ediacaran period 538.8 Ma (million years ago) to the beginning of the Ordov ...
have been found in it.Geological map of Greenland
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Geography

Mount Clarence Wyckoff is located to the north of Herlufsholm Strand, northwest of Cape Henry Parish.Greenland Pilot
/ref> Rising above the eastern shore of Hellefisk Fjord, the high peak is the highest in the coastal area.PGC Map''Kap Eiler Rasmussen'' - 405 - GRL REF-MT0503-042
/ref> The same mountain is mentioned as a high peak with a prominence of according to other sources.


See also

* List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Greenland * List of mountains in Greenland * Herluf Trolle Land


References

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External links


Boreal Ties: Part IIGeological and structural map of eastern Peary Land
Wyckoff Peary Land