Faraway How

Faraway How
Faraway How is located in Greenland
Faraway How
Faraway How
Location within Greenland
Highest point
Elevation1,398 m (4,587 ft)
Coordinates74°25′N 23°33′W / 74.417°N 23.550°W / 74.417; -23.550
Geography
LocationKing Christian X Land, Greenland
Climbing
First ascentUnknown

Faraway How is a nunatak in King Christian X Land, East Greenland. Administratively it falls under the Northeast Greenland National Park zone.

This geographic feature was named by the 1926 Cambridge Expedition to East Greenland led by Sir James Wordie.

Geography

Faraway How is located in the Wordie Glacier north of Steno Land and 9 km to the west of C. H. Ostenfeld Nunatak's northern end.

Faraway How is 7.8 km in length and its maximum width is 3.2 km; the highest elevation is located at the western end and is 1,398 metres (4,587 ft) high.

1932 map section showing Faraway How and the Wordie Glacier on the left.
Detailed map of the area.

See also

Bibliography

References

  1. 1 2 GoogleEarth
  2. 1 2 "Faraway How". Mapcarta. Retrieved 8 July 2016.
  3. ↑ "Catalogue of place names in northern East Greenland". Geological Survey of Denmark. Retrieved 8 July 2016.[permanent dead link]