Kayser Mountain (Danish: Kayser Bjerg) is a mountain in Hall Land, NW Greenland. Administratively it is part of the Northeast Greenland National Park. This peak was named after German geologist and paleontologist Emanuel Kayser.

Kayser Mountain
Kayser Bjerg
Kayser Mountain Hall Land, Greenland
Highest point
Elevation	1,094 m (3,589 ft)[1]
Coordinates	81°33′15″N 58°58′28″W[1]
Geography
Location	Hall Land, Greenland
Parent range	Haug Range
Climbing
First ascent	Unknown

Geography

Kayser Mountain is located at the eastern end of the Haug Range in northern Hall Land, at the southern limit of the Polaris Foreland. It rises 6 km to the southwest of the shore of the Newman Bay fjord.[2] With a height of 1,094 metres (3,589 ft), Kayser Mountain is the highest elevation of Hall Land and of the Haug Range.[1]

Brachiopod fossils of genus Pentamerus dating back to the Lower Silurian have been found in this mountain.[3]

See also

• List of mountains in Greenland
• Peary Land Group

Bibliography

• Greenland geology and selected mineral occurrences - GEUS

References

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