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Petermann Peak

Petermann Bjerg

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Petermann Peak

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Information

Elevation
2.970 m
Country
Greenland (GL)
Location / Range
Tanah Raja Christian X, Greenland Timur Laut — di dalam Taman Nasional Greenland Timur Laut
Mountain type
Gunung non-vulkanik (puncak nunatak/granit-gneiss)
Volcanic?
No (non-volcanic)
Coordinates
73.0900, -26.3903
Difficulty
Sangat sulit — ekspedisi terpencil di kawasan tak berpenghuni, perlu penerbangan/akses ski, perjalanan di atas gletser, dan keterampilan glasier
Best Season
April–Juli (musim ekspedisi Arktik; siang kutub dan salju masih stabil)
Hazards
Keterpencilan ekstrem tanpa pemukiman, celah gletser (crevasse), suhu sangat dingin, cuaca Arktik berubah cepat, dan tidak ada bantuan SAR terdekat

Description

Petermann Peak (Petermann Bjerg, 2,970 m) is one of Greenland's highest mountains, located in King Christian X Land in Northeast Greenland within the Northeast Greenland National Park — the world's largest national park. It was long regarded as the highest point in the Arctic until modern surveys established Gunnbjørn Fjeld as higher. The surrounding region is entirely uninhabited, so climbing it is a remote glacier expedition with very limited access.

Routes

Sisi utara via Gletser Nordenskiöld (rute pendakian pertama Wordie 1929)

Ekspedisi Arktik terpencil — gletser/salju di atas nunatak; jarang didaki
Ekspedisi terpencil (akses via Kaiser Franz Joseph Fjord)

The only documented line follows Wordie's 1929 Cambridge first ascent: approaching from Kaiser Franz Joseph Fjord to the nunatak on the north side of the Nordenskiöld Glacier in Frænkel Land, then up glacier/snow slopes to the ~2,943 m summit — technically moderate but an expedition objective owing to extreme remoteness in the Northeast Greenland National Park; only a second recorded ascent was made, in 1951.

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Climbing Experiences

Petermann Peak (Petermann Bjerg, ~2,943–2,970 m), one of Northeast Greenland's highest summits, rises on a nunatak on the north side of the Nordenskiöld Glacier in Frænkel Land deep inside Kaiser Franz Joseph Fjord, within the uninhabited Northeast Greenland National Park. It is almost never climbed — first ascended in 1929 by James Wordie's Cambridge expedition (then believed Greenland's highest) and only a second time in 1951 — so its record is dominated by historical scientific and exploratory expeditions.

References

The summary above is compiled from the following sources. Click to explore them yourself.

  1. 1 Wikipedia Petermann Peak — Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org
  2. 2 Wikipedia Northeast Greenland National Park — Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org
  3. 3 Wikidata Petermann Peak (Q3861832) wikidata.org