Ketil (mountain)
| Ketil | |
|---|---|
| Uiluit Qaqqaa | |
 Ketil's mighty West Wall | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 2,010 m (6,590 ft) |
| Listing | List of mountains in Greenland |
| Coordinates | 60°24′59″N 44°30′44″W / 60.41639°N 44.51222°WCoordinates: 60°24′59″N 44°30′44″W / 60.41639°N 44.51222°W [1] |
| Geography | |
| Climbing | |
| First ascent | 1974 |
The Ketil (Greenlandic: Uiluit Qaqqaa, meaning "Shell Mountain") is a 2,010 m–high mountain in southern Greenland, in the Kujalleq municipality.[2]
Geography
Together with Nalumasortoq and Ulamertorsuaq, Ketil is part of the group of three massive largely unglaciated rocky mountains rising in the peninsula of the mainland which forms the eastern side of the Tasermiut Fjord.[3]
In the same manner as its slightly lower neighbour Ulamertorsuaq, Ketil has become popular among mountain climbers owing to its higher than 1000 m sheer western granite wall. It is considered one of the most challenging Big Walls on Earth.[4]
This mountain is marked as a 2,003 metres (6,572 ft) high peak in some sources.[5]
See also
Bibliography
- Greenland Tourism: Hiking Map South Greenland/Tasermiut fjorden – Nanortalik. 1996
References
- ↑ GoogleEarth
- ↑ Gazetteer of Greenland written by Per Ivar Haug, UBiT (Universitetsbiblioteket i Trondheim), August 2005, ISBN 82-7113-114-1
- ↑ "Tasermiutsiaq". Mapcarta. Retrieved 20 April 2016.
- ↑ Michael Hjorth. "Ketil Fjeld, South Greenland, 1987". bigwall.dk. Retrieved 20 April 2016.
- ↑ Greenland Tourism: Hiking Map South Greenland/Tasermiut fjorden – Nanortalik. 1996
External links
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