Uummannaq is a , prominent, isolated

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in western

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 ...

, located on the small

Uummannaq Island Uummannaq Island () is a small () island in Avannaata municipality in northwestern Greenland. Located in the south-central part of the Uummannaq Fjord, it is home to the most prominent mountain on the Arctic Ocean, Arctic coast of western Greenl ...

in the central part of the

Uummannaq Fjord Uummannaq Fjord is a large fjord system in the northern part of western Greenland, the largest after Scoresby Sund, Kangertittivaq fjord in eastern Greenland. It has a roughly south-east to west-north-west orientation, emptying into the Baffin ...

. It entirely dominates the landscape of the island, its base occupying its entire northern half. Formed of

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and basement

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, it is the most prominent mountain in the

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part of the west coast of Greenland. The mountain is a landmark of Greenland and a tourist magnet, often reproduced in art.

Topography

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The mountain has two summits of similar height (the eastern summit being the higher), hence the name ''Uummannaq'', Greenlandic for ''heart-shaped''. Deep

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fall to the south and the north from the col between the western and eastern summits. Its eastern wall has no significant depressions, falling in a uniform cliff into Assorput Strait between Uummannaq Island and Salliaruseq Island.Nuussuaq, Saga Map, Tage Schjøtt, 1992 There are several trabant bastions in the southeastern pillar, to the northeast of the black bands in the southern wall.

Ascent

Due to its remote location and considerable difficulty, few

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have attempted the ascent. Only two known ascents had been done before 1992.summitpost.org
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Photographs

File:Uummannaq-mountain-eastern-summit-wall-aerial.jpg, Eastern wall, aerial view from

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helicopter. File:Uummannaq-mountain-southern-wall.jpg, Southern wall. File:Uummannaq-mountain-gneiss-bands.jpg, Black bands of

in the southern wall. File:Uummannaq-mountain-western-summit.jpg, Uummannaq, western summit, southern pillar File:Uummannaq-mountain-eastern-summit-wall-profile.jpg, Eastern summit, eastern wall in profile

References

{{reflist Mountains of Greenland Uummannaq Uummannaq Fjord