Alleruusakasiit

Alleruusakasiit, former spelling Agdlerussakasit, is a mountain in the Kujalleq municipality, southern Greenland.

This article is about the mountain. For the cliff, see Thumbnail (cliff).
Alleruusakasiit
Agdlerussakasit
View of Stordalen Havn in Torsukattak Fjord with the Alleruusakasiit in the background
Highest point
Elevation1,743.7 m (5,721 ft)
Coordinates60°8′8″N 44°31′44″W [1]
Geography
Alleruusakasiit

Geography

This mountain is a 1,743.7 m high largely unglaciated rocky summit rising 2.8 km west of the shore of Torsukattak Fjord[2] located across the valley south of Angiartarfik.[3]

Alleruusakasiit is famous for its massive eastern cliff, known as the Thumbnail.[4]

See also

References
  1. GoogleEarth
  2. "Torsukattak". Mapcarta. Retrieved 10 June 2016.
  3. "Later visits to Stordalens Havn". 1975 University of St Andrews Greenland Expedition. Retrieved 10 June 2016.
  4. Ian Parnell: Learning Process. American Alpine Journal (AAJ) 2001, pp. 57–70, Greenland: The Thumbnail. Fragile moments, pp. 61–65
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