Dansketinden is the highest mountain in the Stauning Alps range, Eastern Greenland.
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Highest point | |
Elevation | 2,842 m (9,324 ft)[1] |
Prominence | 2,181 m (7,156 ft) |
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Coordinates | 72°7′35″N 24°57′19″W[1] |
Geography | |
Location | Scoresby Land, Greenland |
Parent range | Stauning Alps |
Climbing | |
First ascent | 1954[2] |
Dansketinden rises 15 km east of the shore of the Alpefjord —a branch of the Segelsällskapet Fjord, between the heads of Viking Glacier (Vikingebrae), Gully Glacier and Bersaerkerbrae glaciers.[3] Although according to most available sources this mountain is a 2,842-metre-high (9,324 ft)[3] or 2,831-metre-high (9,288 ft) ultra-prominent peak.[4] it appears as a 2,788-metre-high (9,147 ft) peak in Google Earth.[1]
Dansketinden was first climbed by Swiss mountaineers John Haller (1927–1984), Wolfgang Diehl (1908–1990) and Fritz Schwarzenbach on 5 August 1954.[2] The second ascent was made by a 1964 expedition led by Guido Monzino.[3]
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