Revaltoppe is one of the highest

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s in Queen Louise Land, NE

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. The peak is located in the King Frederick VIII Land area of northeastern

. Administratively it is part of the

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zone. This peak was named by J.P. Koch's 1912–13 Danish Expedition to Queen Louise Land after Reval, the historical name of

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, the capital of

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, where according to a legend, the ''Dannebrog'' (

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) is said to have dropped from the sky during a

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between the Danes and the Estonians in 1219.

Geography

Revaltoppe is the highest peak in a group of

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s to the west of Dannebrogsfjeldene, at the southwestern end of Queen Louise Land ().GEUS Map - Northern East Greenland; Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland Bulletin 21 Map 4 - 1:1 000 000
/ref> The nunatak group was named ''Reval Toppene'' or ''Revaltoppene'' by J.P. Koch’s 1912–13 Danish Expedition to Queen Louise Land. Revaltoppe is a peak. This mountain is marked as a peak in the Defense Mapping Agency Greenland Navigation charts.1:1,000,000 scale Operational Navigation Chart, Sheet B-9
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Reval Toppen, Greenland - PeakbaggerIce recession in Dronning Louise Land, north-east Greenland
Revaltoppe Queen Louise Land {{Greenland-geo-stub

Geography

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