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Niviarsiat

Coordinates: 61°25′N 45°13′W / 61.417°N 45.217°W / 61.417; -45.217
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Niviarsiat
Niviarsiat Qaqat
Niviarsiat is located in Greenland
Niviarsiat
Niviarsiat
Highest point
Elevation1,300 m (4,300 ft)
Coordinates61°25′N 45°13′W / 61.417°N 45.217°W / 61.417; -45.217[1]
Geography
LocationKujalleq, Greenland

Niviarsiat is a mountain in the Kujalleq municipality, southern Greenland.[2]

Geography

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This mountain is a 1,300 m high summit with multiple peaks rising to the northeast of the Kiattuut Sermiat glacier.[3]

Niviarsiat is located near the southern end of the Greenland ice sheet and is conspicuous.[4]

History

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Wilhelm August Graah during his 1829 expedition, thought that he could see the Niviarsiat peaks from a hilltop of Griffenfeldt Island in the eastern coast of Greenland:

They were probably, the tops of Niviarsiet, or The Maidens, in the district of Juliana's Hope.[5]

Despite the distance across the ice sheet, other authors regard Graah's conclusion as correct.[6]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ GoogleEarth
  2. ^ "Niviarsiat". Mapcarta. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
  3. ^ "Bulletin 21, 2010 - GEUS" (PDF). Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
  4. ^ Daniel Bruun, Icelandic Colonization of Greenland, p. 202. Full text of "Meddelelser om Grønland" - Internet Archive
  5. ^ W.A. Graah, Narrative of an Expedition to the East Coast of Greenland, London, 1837 p. 85
  6. ^ James Nicol, An Historical and Descriptive Account of Iceland, Greenland, and the Faroe Islands, p. 228