Mount Clarence Wyckoff

Mount Clarence Wyckoff
Clarence Wyckoff Fjeld
Satellite image of the northern end of Greenland
Highest point
Elevation853 m (2,799 ft)
Prominence290 m (950 ft)
Listing
Coordinates82°48′N 23°20′W / 82.800°N 23.333°W / 82.800; -23.333
Geography
Mount Clarence Wyckoff is located in Greenland
Mount Clarence Wyckoff
Mount Clarence Wyckoff
Location within Greenland
LocationPeary Land, Greenland
Parent rangePeary Land

Mount Clarence Wyckoff (Danish: Clarence Wyckoff Fjeld or Clarence Wyckoff Bjerg) is a mountain in Peary Land, Northern Greenland. Administratively the mountain belongs to the Northeast Greenland National Park.

The peak was named after Clarence F. Wyckoff, one of the members of the Peary Arctic Club in New York.

The Wyckoff Bjerg Formation is named after the mountain. Fossils dating back to the Cambrian have been found in it.

Geography

Mount Clarence Wyckoff is located to the north of Herlufsholm Strand, 18.5 kilometres (11 mi) northwest of Cape Henry Parish. Rising above the eastern shore of Hellefisk Fjord, the 853 metres (2,799 ft) high peak is the highest in the coastal area. The same mountain is mentioned as a 951 metres (3,120 ft) high peak with a prominence of 290 m (950 ft) according to other sources.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 PGC MapKap Eiler Rasmussen - 405 - GRL REF-MT0503-042
  2. 1 2 "Clarence Wyckoff Fjeld, Greenland". Peakery. Retrieved 9 December 2022.
  3. 1 2 Google Maps
  4. ↑ Nunat Aqqi; Stednavne
  5. ↑ XIV. Der Peary Arctic Club - Projekt Gutenberg
  6. ↑ H.P. Trettin (ed.), Geology of the Innuitian Orogen and Arctic Platform of Canada and Greenland. p. 208
  7. ↑ Geological map of Greenland
  8. ↑ Greenland Pilot