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Mountain Coordinates Region Height (m) Height (feet) Notes Payer Peak: NE Greenland National Park: 1,979 [1]: 6,493 Suess Land: Helvetia Tinde: NE Greenland National Park
Northeast Greenland National Park (Greenlandic: Kalaallit Nunaanni nuna eqqissisimatitaq, Danish: Grønlands Nationalpark) is the world's largest national park and the 10th largest protected area (the only larger protected areas consist mostly of sea). [1] Established in 1974, the Northeast Greenland national park expanded to its present size ...
Greenland Native name: Grønland Kalaallit Nunaat Outline map of Greenland with ice sheet depths. (Much of the area in green has permanent snow cover, but less than 10m (33ft) thick.) Geography Location Between the Arctic Ocean and the North Atlantic Ocean Coordinates 64°10′N 51°43′W / 64.167°N 51.717°W / 64.167; -51.717 Area 2,166,086 km 2 (836,330 sq mi) Area rank 1st ...
The summit of Gunnbjørn Fjeld is the highest point on the Island of Greenland, Kalaallit Nunaat, the Kingdom of Denmark, and the entire Arctic. This article comprises three sortable tables of major mountain peaks [1] of the nation of Greenland (Kalaallit Nunaat). Kalaallit Nunaat includes the Island of Greenland and surrounding islands.
Häsi Mountains (Häsi Bjerge), located northwest of Nathorst Land. Haug Range (Hauge Bjerge), located in Hall Land. [16] Heywood Range (Heywood Bjerge), located in Liverpool Land. [2] Hjelm Range (Hjelmbjergene), located on the southern coast of the Gauss Peninsula. [2] J. A. D. Jensen Nunataks near the west coast of Greenland. [17]
The name "Groenland" was given by early European colonists to both the mountains, and to the surrounding area. Meaning "Greenland" in Dutch, it refers to the lush green vegetation of the mountain and its surrounds (Although the name is also the Dutch language term for the island of Greenland in the north Atlantic, the two toponyms were coined independently of each other).
Although the bulk of its area is covered by ice caps inhospitable to most forms of life, Greenland's terrain and waters support a wide variety of plant and animal species. The northeastern part of the island is the world's largest national park. The flora and fauna of Greenland are strongly susceptible to changes associated with climate change. [1]
5 General Greenland. 6 See also. Toggle See also subsection. 6.1 Relevant categories and lists. 6.2 ...