Lindbergh Range

Lindbergh Range
Lindbergh Range
	Lindbergh Fjelde
	Defense Mapping Agency map of Greenland sheet showing on the right the area of the range.
Highest point
Peak	Snebordet
Elevation	3,171 m (10,404 ft)
Dimensions
Length	60 km (37 mi)NE/SW
Width	30 km (19 mi)NW/SE
Area	1,500 km2 (580 sq mi)
Geography
	Location
Country	Greenland
Range coordinates	69°0′N30°55′W / 69.000°N 30.917°W Coordinates: 69°0′N30°55′W / 69.000°N 30.917°W

Last updated June 18, 2019

The Lindbergh Range or Lindbergh Nunataks (Danish : Lindbergh Fjelde or Lindbergh Nunatakker)^[1] is a mountain range in King Christian IX Land, eastern Greenland. Administratively the range is part of the Sermersooq Municipality.

Danish is a North Germanic language spoken by around six million people, principally in Denmark and in the region of Southern Schleswig in northern Germany, where it has minority language status. Also, minor Danish-speaking communities are found in Norway, Sweden, Spain, the United States, Canada, Brazil, and Argentina. Due to immigration and language shift in urban areas, around 15–20% of the population of Greenland speak Danish as their first language.

Mountain range A geographic area containing several geologically related mountains

A mountain range or hill range is a series of mountains or hills ranged in a line and connected by high ground. A mountain system or mountain belt is a group of mountain ranges with similarity in form, structure, and alignment that have arisen from the same cause, usually an orogeny. Mountain ranges are formed by a variety of geological processes, but most of the significant ones on Earth are the result of plate tectonics. Mountain ranges are also found on many planetary mass objects in the Solar System and are likely a feature of most terrestrial planets.

King Christian IX Land Region in Greenland

King Christian IX Land is a coastal area of Southeastern Greenland in Sermersooq Municipality fronting the Denmark Strait and extending through the Arctic Circle from 65°N to 70°N.

History

The range was observed and mapped in 1933 by Lauge Koch during aerial surveys made in the course of the 1931–34 Three-year Expedition to East Greenland. Koch named it after pioneering aviator Charles Augustus Lindbergh (1902–1974), who reportedly had seen these tall nunataks previously during an eastward flight across the Greenland Ice Sheet and had discussed the matter with him when they met in Ella Island.^[2]

Lauge Koch was a Danish geologist and Arctic explorer.

The Three-year Expedition was an exploratory expedition to East Greenland that lasted from 1931 to 1934 financed by the Carlsberg Foundation and the Danish state. The expedition included aerial surveys.

Ella Island, or Ella Ø, is an island in eastern Greenland, within Northeast Greenland National Park.

Although not as high as the Watkins Range to the east, the Lindbergh Range is popular among mountaineers because it has some of the finest and tallest peaks in Greenland. The quality of the rock, however, is poor. A number of the main summits of the nunataks have been climbed in recent years, but the range is still relatively little explored.^[3]

The Watkins Range is Greenland's highest mountain range. It is located in King Christian IX Land, Sermersooq municipality.

Geography

The Lindbergh Range is an up to 3,171 m high cluster of nunataks, some of which are extensive ridges rising above the ice. It is located west of the Christian IV Glacier and east of the Upper Frederiksborg Glacier (Øvre Frederiksborg Gletscher), an ice cap north of the Frederiksborg Glacier west of which lie the Frederiksborg Nunataks. The Isfald Glacier is a smaller glacier located at the southern end. The vast Greenland Ice Sheet lies to the northwest.

A nunatak is an exposed, often rocky element of a ridge, mountain, or peak not covered with ice or snow within an ice field or glacier. They are also called glacial islands. Examples are natural pyramidal peaks. When rounded by glacial action, smaller rock promontories may be referred to as rognons.

Christian IV Glacier is a large glacier on the east coast of the Greenland ice sheet. It is named after King Christian IV of Denmark. Administratively this glacier is part of the Sermersooq Municipality. The area surrounding Christian IV Glacier is uninhabited.

Ice cap ice mass that covers less than 50,000 km² of land area

An ice cap is a mass of ice that covers less than 50,000 km² of land area. Larger ice masses covering more than 50,000 km² are termed ice sheets.

The Watkins Range rises to the east of the Lindbergh Range, beyond the Christian IV Glacier, the Gronau Nunataks lie to the northeast, and the Lemon Range to the southwest. The area of the range is uninhabited.^[4]^[5]

The Gronau Nunataks is a mountain range in King Christian IX Land, eastern Greenland. Administratively this range is part of the Sermersooq Municipality.

The Lemon Range or Lemon Mountains is a mountain range in King Christian IX Land, eastern Greenland. Administratively this range is part of the Sermersooq Municipality.

Mountains

Snebordet (3,160 m); highest peak of the range at 68°57′33″N30°50′32″W / 68.95917°N 30.84222°W / 68.95917; -30.84222 ^[5]
Trillingerne, a small group of nunataks in the SW, all with high summits; highest peak 3,020 m.
Jætteborg (2,919 m); in the same ridge as Snebordet, but further to the south^[5]

Snebordet is a mountain located in the Sermersooq region of Greenland. The mountain has an elevation 3,150 meters and a prominence of 760 meters. Snebordet is the highest peak of the Lindbergh Range and the 9th tallest mountain in Greenland.

Climate

Polar climate prevails in the region. The average annual temperature in the area of the Lindbergh Range is -17 °C. The warmest month is July when the average temperature reaches -5 °C and the coldest is February when the temperature sinks to -19 °C.^[6]

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References

↑ "Lindbergh Fjelde". Mapcarta. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
↑ "Catalogue of place names in northern East Greenland". Geological Survey of Denmark. Retrieved 31 July 2016.
↑ Alpine Journal - North America, Greenland, Northeast, Lindbergh Fjelde
↑ "Øvre Frederiksborg Gletscher". Mapcarta. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
1 2 3 Google Earth
↑ "NASA Earth Observations Data Set Index". NASA. Retrieved 30 January 2016.

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[mapcartaLind-1] "Lindbergh Fjelde". Mapcarta. Retrieved 10 August 2016.

[cat-2] "Catalogue of place names in northern East Greenland". Geological Survey of Denmark. Retrieved 31 July 2016.

[AJ-3] Alpine Journal - North America, Greenland, Northeast, Lindbergh Fjelde

[mapcartaØvre_Frederiksborg_Gletscher-4] "Øvre Frederiksborg Gletscher". Mapcarta. Retrieved 10 August 2016.

[GE-5] 1 2 3 Google Earth

[nasa-6] "NASA Earth Observations Data Set Index". NASA. Retrieved 30 January 2016.