Stjernebannertinde

Stjernebannertinde
Satellite image of the northern end of Greenland
Highest point
Elevation1,424 m (4,672 ft)[1]
Prominence647 m (2,123 ft)[1]
Listing
Coordinates83°22′52″N 28°28′41″W / 83.38111°N 28.47806°W / 83.38111; -28.47806[1]
Geography
Stjernebannertinde is located in Greenland
Stjernebannertinde
Stjernebannertinde
Peary Land, Greenland
Parent rangeH. H. Benedict Range
Roosevelt Range
Climbing
First ascent1996[2]

Stjernebannertinde (Starry Banner Peak) is the highest mountain in the H. H. Benedict Range, a subrange of the Roosevelt Range, Northern Greenland.[2]

The peak was first climbed in 1996 by the members of the American Top of the World Expedition (ATOW). It was one of the two main objectives of the expedition members in the northern part of Peary Land.[2]

Geography

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Rising above the western flank of the Moore Glacier, the 1,424 m (4,672 ft)[1] high Stjernebannertinde is the highest point of the H. H. Benedict Range, an eastern prolongation of the Roosevelt Range located in the eastern section of North Peary Land. The same mountain is marked as a 4,701-foot-high (1,433 m) peak in the A-5 sheet of the Defense Mapping Agency Navigation charts.[3]

Administratively the Stjernebannertinde belongs to the Northeast Greenland National Park.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Stjernebannertinde, Greenland". Peakbagger. Retrieved 21 November 2022.
  2. ^ a b c 1997 American Alpine Journal, p.215
  3. ^ 1,000,000 scale Operational Navigation Chart; Sheet A-5
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