Margaretatop
Highest point
Elevation2,360 m (7,740 ft)[1]
Coordinates73°23.1′N 26°13.3′W / 73.3850°N 26.2217°W / 73.3850; -26.2217[1]
Geography
LocationAndrée Land (Greenland)

Margaretatop is a mountain in eastern Greenland. Administratively it is part of the Northeast Greenland National Park.[2]

History

At the time of Lauge Koch's 1949–51 expeditions this summit was named after Margareta Hediger by American geologist John Haller,[1] a Fellow of the Geological Society of America.[3]

The peak is marked as "Margaretatopp"[4] and "Margarita Spids" in some maps.[1] Margaretasø is a small lake in neighboring Rendal at 73°25.5′N 26°39.0′W / 73.4250°N 26.6500°W / 73.4250; -26.6500 where the reflection of the mountain can be seen on its surface. This lake was named by John Haller after the same person.[1]

Geography

Margaretatop is the highest point of Andrée Land.

It is a roughly 2,360 m (7,740 ft) high peak that rises in the southwestern part of Andrée Land, east of the Rendal valley and northeast of the shore of the Isfjord, a northern branch of Kaiser Franz Joseph Fjord.[5] This mountain is marked as a 7,743-foot-high (2,360 m) peak in the Defense Mapping Agency Greenland Navigation charts.

Map of Northeastern Greenland

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Catalogue of place names in northern East Greenland". Geological Survey of Denmark. Retrieved 30 September 2019.
  2. ↑ Google Earth
  3. ↑ Memorial to John Haller – Geological Society of America
  4. ↑ Peakbagger, Margaretatopp
  5. ↑ "Margaretatopp". Mapcarta. Retrieved 1 October 2019.


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