Kayser Mountain

Kayser Mountain
Kayser Bjerg
Kayser Mountain
Highest point
Elevation 1,094 m (3,589 ft) [1]
Coordinates 81°33′15″N 58°58′28″W / 81.55417°N 58.97444°W / 81.55417; -58.97444Coordinates: 81°33′15″N 58°58′28″W / 81.55417°N 58.97444°W / 81.55417; -58.97444 [1]
Geography
Location Hall Land, Greenland
Parent range Haug Range
Climbing
First ascent Unknown

Kayser Mountain (Danish: Kayser Bjerg) is a mountain in Hall Land, NW Greenland. Administratively it is part of the Qaasuitsup municipality. This peak was named after German geologist and paleontologist Emanuel Kayser.

Geography

Kayser Mountain is located at the eastern end of the Haug Range in northern Hall Land, at the southern limit of the Polaris Foreland. It rises 6 km to the southwest of the shore of the Newman Bay fjord.[2] With a height of 1,094 metres (3,589 ft), Kayser Mountain is the highest elevation of Hall Land and of the Haug Range.[1]

Pentamerus fossils dating back to the Lower Silurian have been found in this mountain.[3]

Map of the Nares Strait area.

See also

Bibliography

References

  1. 1 2 3 GoogleEarth
  2. ↑ "Kayser Bjerg". Mapcarta. Retrieved 8 July 2016.
  3. ↑ Jin, Jisuo (2009). "SULCIPENTAMERUS(PENTAMERIDA, BRACHIOPODA) FROM THE LOWER SILURIAN WASHINGTON LAND GROUP, NORTH GREENLAND". Palaeontology. 52: 385–399. doi:10.1111/j.1475-4983.2009.00849.x.


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