Margaretatop

Highest pointElevation2,360 m (7,740 ft)^[1]Coordinates73°23.1′N 26°13.3′W / 73.3850°N 26.2217°W / 73.3850; -26.2217^[1]GeographyLocationAndrée 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.^{[citation needed]}

See also

• List of mountains in Greenland

References

External links

• Greenland Pilot – Danish Geodata Agency