Zackenberg or Zackenburg is a
mountain
A mountain is an elevated portion of the Earth's crust, generally with steep sides that show significant exposed bedrock. Although definitions vary, a mountain may differ from a plateau in having a limited summit area, and is usually higher t ...
in
Wollaston Foreland, NE
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 ...
.
Geography
This dark-hued mountain is located at the southern end of the western section of the Wollaston Foreland. Zackenberg rises steeply from the shore of the Zackenberg Bay on the northern side the
Young Sound
Young Sound () is a marine channel with a fjord structure in King Christian X Land, East Greenland. Administratively it is part of the Northeast Greenland National Park zone. History
The fjord was given the name "Young’s Bay" by William Scoresb ...
(). It is a high massive mountain with a number of peaks, hence its German name 'Zackenberg', referring to its serrated top.
A river flows on its northern and eastern side forming a valley between this mountain and the higher
Dombjerg to the north.
The
Zackenberg Station, a research facility, is built at the foot of the mountain.
Zackenberg Research Station
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See also
*List of mountain peaks of Greenland
This article comprises three sortable tables of major mountain peaksThis article defines a significant summit as a summit with at least of topographic prominence, and a major summit as a summit with at least of topographic prominence. All ...
References
External links
*
Zackenberg climatic data
Zackenberg
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