Global Information Lookup Global Information

Schweizerland information


Schweizerland
Schweizerland Alps
View of the mountains rising above the Midgard Glacier at the southern end of the range.
Highest point
PeakMont Forel
Elevation3,383 m (11,099 ft)
Dimensions
Length75 km (47 mi) N/S
Width40 km (25 mi) E/W
Area270 km2 (100 sq mi)
Geography
Schweizerland is located in Greenland
Schweizerland
Schweizerland
Location
CountryGreenland
Range coordinates66°40′N 37°0′W / 66.667°N 37.000°W / 66.667; -37.000

Schweizerland, also known as Schweizerland Alps,[1] is a mountain range in King Christian IX Land, eastern Greenland. Administratively this range is part of the Sermersooq Municipality.[2] Its highest point is one of the highest peaks in Greenland.

Owing to its high peaks Schweizerland is a popular climbing destination, together with the Watkins Range to the northeast and the Stauning Alps further north.[3] Tasiilaq Heliport is located near the area of the range.

  1. ^ "Mont Forel 3360m". Greenland Independent. Retrieved 27 June 2016.
  2. ^ Google Earth
  3. ^ "Climbing and Mountaineering in Greenland". Lonely Planet. Retrieved 18 June 2016.

and 22 Related for: Schweizerland information

Request time (Page generated in 0.5438 seconds.)

Schweizerland

Last Update:

Schweizerland, also known as Schweizerland Alps, is a mountain range in King Christian IX Land, eastern Greenland. Administratively this range is part...

Word Count : 868

Mont Forel

Last Update:

Sermersooq Municipality, Greenland. It is part of the Schweizerland range, also known as 'Schweizerland Alps'. This peak is located in a popular climbing...

Word Count : 276

Old Swiss Confederacy

Last Update:

Territories of the confederacy came to be known collectively as Schweiz or Schweizerland (Schwytzerland in contemporary spelling), with the English Switzerland...

Word Count : 3937

List of mountain ranges

Last Update:

Range Qivssakatdlagfik Queen Louise Land Rold Range Roosevelt Range Schweizerland Sioraq Range (Sioraq Fjelde) Stauning Alps Svinhufvud Range Tågefjeldene...

Word Count : 4748

Arctic Circle

Last Update:

267 (Greenland)  Greenland passing through Kangerlussuaq Fjord and Schweizerland 66°34′N 34°9′W / 66.567°N 34.150°W / 66.567; -34.150 (Denmark Strait...

Word Count : 1141

List of missing aircraft

Last Update:

missing; No. 422 (Fleet Spotter) Flight, HMS Argus. August 19, 1929 Jung Schweizerland (Farman F.190, CH-245) 2 Un­known North Atlantic Ocean Disappeared with...

Word Count : 3714

EuroCity

Last Update:

Rosenborg Rosenkavalier Rossini Rubens San Marco Sanremo Sava Schwabenland Schweizerland Skandinavien Slovan Slovenská Strela Smetana Sobieski Sören Kierkegaard...

Word Count : 1594

Swiss people

Last Update:

panorama of Switzerland. Bobbs-Merrill, 1972. Heinrich Zschokke, Des Schweizerlands Geschichten für das Schweizervolk, J. J. Mäcken, 1823. Internet Archive...

Word Count : 3651

Alfred de Quervain

Last Update:

Near the east coast, they discovered a mountain chain which they named Schweizerland. Amassalik (now Tasiilaq) on the east coast was reached on 1 August...

Word Count : 475

List of EuroCity services

Last Update:

Zürich – Chiasso 86/87  Germany   Switzerland SBB 1987–1989 IC, EC Schweizerland Munich – Lindau-Reutin – Bregenz – Zürich 92/93  Germany  Austria   Switzerland...

Word Count : 171

Watkins Range

Last Update:

Sermilik Fjord on the eastern side and saw a range system that he named 'Schweizerland', marking the position and approximate height of Mont Forel, the highest...

Word Count : 840

Fenris Glacier

Last Update:

sheet, forming the boundary of the western and southwestern area of Schweizerland. It flows roughly southwards from the area of Gaule Bjerg, west of the...

Word Count : 125

Heinrich Rickert

Last Update:

1920 42. ‘Die gegenwärtige Lage der europäischen Philosophie’, in Schweizerland, Jg. 6, Bd. 2, S. 743–751. 43. Die Philosophie des Lebens: Darstellung...

Word Count : 2615

Gaule Bjerg

Last Update:

located north of the Fenris Glacier, west of the northern end of the Schweizerland Range. Its elevation is 2,133 metres (6,998 ft). This mountain is marked...

Word Count : 95

Johann Jakob Scheuchzer

Last Update:

started his own periodicals, Beschreibung der Natur-Geschichten des Schweizerlands and Historischer und politischer Mercurius. He also published works...

Word Count : 1675

List of ultras of North America

Last Update:

"Clavering Island high point". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 4 May 2016. "Schweizerland high point". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 4 May 2016. "Margaretatopp"....

Word Count : 5636

Crown Prince Frederik Range

Last Update:

130 km (81 mi) in a northeast-southwest direction between the 67th (Schweizerland) and the 68th parallel north (Hutchinson Glacier). The range is located...

Word Count : 1516

King Christian IX Land

Last Update:

highest mountain range, the Watkins Range, as well as the nearly as high Schweizerland are located in this region. The shore area of King Christian IX Land...

Word Count : 207

List of mountain peaks of Greenland

Last Update:

"Clavering Island high point". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 4 May 2016. "Schweizerland high point". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 4 May 2016. "Blaskbjerg". Peakbagger...

Word Count : 1492

Journey to New Switzerland

Last Update:

Philadelphia. [bibliography of Swiss in America] Schweizer, Max 1980 Neu-Schweizerland: Planung, Gruendung und Entwicklung eineer Schweizerischen Enwanderersiedlung...

Word Count : 571

List of mountains in Greenland

Last Update:

36°49′W / 66.933°N 36.817°W / 66.933; -36.817 Sermersooq 3,360 11,024 Schweizerland Watkins Range (unnamed) 68°48′21″N 29°16′57″W / 68.80583°N 29.28250°W...

Word Count : 218

Sermilik

Last Update:

and splits into two branches at its head —at the southern limit of Schweizerland, the western one being the Helheim Fjord and the right one the Ningerti...

Word Count : 566

PDF Search Engine © AllGlobal.net