Mestersvig , also called Mesters Vig , is a military outpost located in Scoresby Land , on the southwestern shore of Davy Sound in King Christian X Land , NE Greenland . It has a 1,800 m gravel airstrip ( ICAO : BGMV ).
17-555: This airport is located near the Stauning Alps mountainous area. From 1956 to 1963, Mestersvig was a zinc and lead mine . Later Mestersvig used to be the only permanent station in the Northeast Greenland National Park but all of the 1986 population of 40 has been split up into the three newer Northeast Greenland National Park research stations ( Danmarkshavn , Nord and Daneborg ) except
34-565: A permanent population of two people, although tourists visit the station occasionally. In September 2015, as part of the newest defence agreement to increase the enforcement of sovereignty in Greenland, Mission Mestersvig was executed. The mission was to test the responsiveness of the military of Denmark and if the equipment could handle winter weather. HDMS Thetis , parts of the Guard Hussar Regiment , Hunter Corps and
51-485: A relatively smoother appearance. The whole area of this vast range system is an uninhabited, desolate mountainous expanse. The nearest settlement is Ittoqqortoormiit and the nearest airfields are Nerlerit Inaat Airport at Constable Point to the east and Mestersvig to the north. Access to the range requires a special permit. The Murchison Range (Murchison Bjerge) ( 72°18′N 25°0′W / 72.300°N 25.000°W / 72.300; -25.000 )
68-588: Is a subrange located in the northwestern area of the Stauning Alps that was named after Scottish geologist Roderick Impey Murchison (1792–1871). It stretches between the Sedgwick Glacier and the Alpefjord . The Syltoppene ( 72°20′N 24°33′W / 72.333°N 24.550°W / 72.333; -24.550 ) are a mountain ridge with needle-like summits at the northern end of
85-596: The Danish Frogman Corps all participated in the exercise. This Greenland location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Stauning Alps The Stauning Alps ( Danish : Stauning Alper ) are a large system of mountain ranges in Scoresby Land , King Christian X Land , northeastern Greenland . Administratively the Stauning Alps are part of the Northeast Greenland National Park zone. This mountainous area
102-530: The 1992 Scottish Stauning Alps Expedition. The Stauning Alps have a big concentration of mountains higher than 2,700 metres (8,860 ft). The highest point is Dansketinden (2,842 m). Other noteworthy peaks are: Practically all the valleys in the Stauning Alps are filled by active glaciers that mostly flow towards the North, East or South. Generally those glaciers flowing towards the west are steep and have dangerous icefalls with deep crevasses . Some of
119-419: The Stauning Alps and the adjacent Werner Range , but the name was not approved owing to the lack of detailed maps. Finally the range was thoroughly surveyed and mapped in 1932 by Koch during aerial surveys made during the 1931–34 Three-year Expedition to East Greenland . There is almost full documentation of climbing in the Stauning Alps by the successive expeditions having visited the mountain system. Most of
136-466: The Stauning Alps that was named by A.G. Nathorst in 1899. Satan's Gallery ( 72°4′N 25°7′W / 72.067°N 25.117°W / 72.067; -25.117 ) is a ridge with a series of formidable peaks NNE of Korsspids and south of the Gully Glacier that was named by the 1963 Cambridge University Expedition. The Alliance Col is a 2,250 m high mountain pass named by
153-490: The area being -16 °C . The warmest month is July when the average temperature rises to -2 °C and the coldest is January with -21 °C. Nordvestfjord Nordvestfjord , meaning 'Northwest Fjord', ( Greenlandic : Kangertertivarmît Kangertivat ) is a fjord in King Christian X Land , eastern Greenland . Administratively most of its length lies in the Northeast Greenland National Park area, at
170-662: The available climbing reports have either been published or deposited in the archives of the Danish Polar Center (DPC), the Royal Geographical Society of London (RGS) or the British Mountaineering Council (BMC). Dansketinden, the highest point of the Stauning Alps was first climbed by Swiss mountaineers John Haller (1927–1984), Wolfgang Diehl (1908–1990) and Fritz Schwarzenbach on 5 August 1954. The second ascent
187-511: The border of Sermersooq municipality. This fjord is part of the Scoresby Sound system. The distance from the head of Nordvestfjord across Hall Bredning to the mouth of Scoresby Sound is 313 km (194 mi), which makes this continuous stretch of water the longest fjord in the world. The Nordvestfjord fjord was named by Carl Ryder during his 1891–92 expedition because of its approximate northwestern direction. Ryder, however,
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#1732782478413204-603: The glaciers in the range system are very large, such as the Spaerre Glacier (Spærregletscher) and Sefstrøm Glacier to the west, the Skjoldungebrae to the north and the Bersaerkerbrae (Bersærkerbræ) to the east. Other important glaciers in the Stauning Alps are: The Stauning Alps lie in the high Arctic zone. Polar climate prevails in the area of the range, the average annual temperature in
221-508: The northeast the fjord is bound by Scoresby Land , to the northwest by Charcot Land , and to the southwest by Hinksland , Th. Sørensen Land and Renland . The Nordvestfjord winds its way roughly in a NW/SE direction. Its largest branch is the Flyver Fjord , which runs in a roughly west–east direction and joins the southwestern shore about midway through the fjord. The fjord is fed by several glaciers . The Daugaard-Jensen Glacier
238-518: The south by a part of the Nordvestfjord , the NW branch of the Scoresby Sound . The range is very rugged with numerous high rocky peaks and active glaciers in almost all valleys. It is made up of granite , harder in the northern than in the southern subranges. Therefore, the mountains in the north of the Stauning Alps are generally more craggy , while those in the south are more eroded and have
255-826: Was made by a 1964 Italian expedition led by Guido Monzino (1928 – 1988). The Stauning Alps are bound to the north by the King Oscar Fjord and its Segelsällskapet Fjord branch, to the east by the Skel Valley , the Schuchert Flod river and the Holger Danske Briller lakes, to the west by the Alpefjord —a branch of the Segelsällskapet Fjord beyond which lies Nathorst Land — and the Borgbjerg Glacier , and to
272-412: Was named after Danish politician Thorvald Stauning (1873–1942) who had helped to finance expeditions to east Greenland planned and carried out by Danish explorers. The Stauning Alps had been partly mapped earlier and named Rink Bjerge by Lauge Koch ’s 1926–27 expeditions, being referred to as a "wild and jagged range of mountains." The range thus described obviously corresponded to the eastern end of
289-484: Was prevented from exploring it because it was already September, new ice was forming, and a very strong wind was blowing from the interior of the fjord. This long and very deep fjord is the northernmost arm of the Scoresby Sound. It is mostly surrounded by high mountains, whose sides rise steeply from its shore. Part of its northern flank marks the southern boundary of Nathorst Land and the Stauning Alps . To
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