Niviarsiat, NE Greenland
Appearance
Niviarsiat | |
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Suess Land, NE Greenland | |
Highest point | |
Elevation | 837 m (2,746 ft) |
Coordinates | 73°4′N 25°13′W / 73.067°N 25.217°W[1] |
Geography | |
Location | Suess Land, NE Greenland |
Niviarsiat is a mountain in King Christian X Land, Northeast Greenland. Administratively it is part of the Northeast Greenland National Park zone.[2]
Geography
[edit]This mountain rises at the NE end of Suess Land in a bend of the Antarctic Sound, a southern branch of Kaiser Franz Joseph Fjord.[3] It was named by Lauge Koch during his 1926–27 expedition to East Greenland.[4]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ GoogleEarth
- ^ "Niviarsiat". Mapcarta. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
- ^ Higgins, Anthony K. (2010-12-21). "Exploration history and place names of northern East Greenland" (PDF). Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland Bulletin. 21. Copenhagen, Denmark: Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland (GEUS): 1–368. ISSN 1604-8156. Retrieved 2019-12-01.
- ^ Koch, L. 1929: The geology of East Greenland. Meddelelser om Grønland 73, II (1), 1–204.