Princess Caroline-Mathilde Alps

"Hahn Land" redirects here. For the peninsula, see Holm Land.
Princess Caroline-Mathilde Alps
Prinsesse Caroline Mathilde Alper

Highest point
Peak Holm Land HP
Elevation 1,627 m (5,338 ft)
Dimensions
Length 55 km (34 mi) N/S
Width 30 km (19 mi) E/W
Area 1,400 km²
Geography

Location

Country Greenland
Range coordinates 80°22′N 19°10′W / 80.37°N 19.17°W / 80.37; -19.17Coordinates: 80°22′N 19°10′W / 80.37°N 19.17°W / 80.37; -19.17

The Princess Caroline-Mathilde Alps (Danish: Prinsesse Caroline Mathilde Alper) are a mountain range system in the Holm Land Peninsula, King Frederick VIII Land, northeastern Greenland. Administratively this range is part of the Northeast Greenland National Park zone.[1]

The range was named by the 1938–39 Mørkefjord Expedition after Princess Caroline-Mathilde of Denmark (1912-1995), wife of Prince Knud of Denmark (1900-1976), patron of the expedition.[2]

Geography

The Princess Caroline-Mathilde Alps run from north to south across the western half of the Holm Land peninsula. The Princess Elizabeth Alps located to the north across the Ingolf Fjord display a similar structure. The range is bound to the north and northwest by the inner Ingolf Fjord, to the east by the flatter eastern part of Holm Land, to the west by the Vandre Valley (Vandredalen) and the Saefaxi River (Sæfaxi Elv), and to the south by the Marmorvigen and the inner Hekla Sound, the NW branch of the Scoresby Sound.[1]

The range has numerous rocky peaks and ridges that are unnamed. The highest point of the Princess Caroline-Mathilde Alps reaches 1,627 m (5,338 ft) at 80°28′28″N 19°36′38″W / 80.47444°N 19.61056°W / 80.47444; -19.61056 with an almost as high 1,618 m (5,308 ft) peak located very close about 5 km to the southeast.[3] US Air Force maps display the same highest point reaching 1,801 m (5,909 ft)[4] and other sources 1,744 m (5,722 ft).[5]

The Princess Caroline-Mathilde Alps lie in a desolate and uninhabited part of Greenland. The nearest settlement is Nord, a military outpost with an airfield located about 120 km to the north.[3]

Glaciers

The main glaciers in the Princess Caroline-Mathilde Alps are:

Climate

The Princess Caroline-Mathilde Alps lie in the high Arctic zone. Polar climate prevails in the area of the range, the average annual temperature in the area being -16° C . The warmest month is July when the average temperature rises to -1° C and the coldest is January with -28° C.[6]

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