Qalorujoorneq

Qalorngoorneq
Qalorngoorneq

Location in Greenland

Highest point
Elevation 676 m (2,218 ft) [1]
Coordinates 65°33′38″N 37°05′30″W / 65.56056°N 37.09167°W / 65.56056; -37.09167Coordinates: 65°33′38″N 37°05′30″W / 65.56056°N 37.09167°W / 65.56056; -37.09167
Geography
Location Kulusuk Island, Greenland

Qalorngoorneq is a 676 metres (2,218 ft) high[2] mountain in southeastern Greenland, located in the eastern part of Kulusuk Island, to the southeast of the Kulusuk Airport. It is the highest mountain on the island.

Topography

Walls

To the northeast and to the east, Qalorngoorneq walls fall directly into the North Atlantic.[3] The southern wall is the smallest, and the easiest to ascend. Its western wall is the widest, with a prominent pillar in the center falling into a post-glacial cirque filled by the Qalorngoorner Imerarpia lake.

Ridges

Aerial view of Saajat from the north

Qalorngoorneq has three ridges. Its southeastern ridge extends to the southeastern promontory on the island, with two distinct peaks: Saajat at 603 metres (1,978 ft) and Kangeq at 280 metres (919 ft).[1]

The southwestern ridge is the easiest route to the summit, petering out with several rounded trabants in its lower reaches to the south and southwest of the lake.[3]

The northwestern ridge falls from the nearly flat summit ridge with a series of trabants, the first and highest a rocky pinnacle, the other progressively lower and rounder, extending into the interior of the island above the central reservoir lake.

References

  1. 1 2 O'Carroll, Etain (2005). Greenland and the Arctic. Lonely Planet. p. 206. ISBN 1-74059-095-3.
  2. ↑ Norwegian University of Science and Technology
  3. 1 2 Tasiilaq, Saga Map, Tage Schjøtt, 1992
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