Azimuthbjerg

Azimuthbjerg
Miialeqaaq
Azimuthbjerg Sermersooq, Greenland
Highest point
Elevation	1,738 m (5,702 ft)[1]
Prominence	1,738 m (5,702 ft)
Listing	North America prominent peaks North America isolated peaks North America Ultra prominent peak Greenland Ultra prominent peak
Coordinates	63°27′21″N 41°50′58″W[1]
Geography
Location	Sermersooq, Greenland

Azimuthbjerg (Greenlandic: Miialeqaaq)[2] is the highest mountain in Skjoldungen Island, SE Greenland.[3]

Geography

This multi-peaked mountain rises steeply from the shore of the northern end of the Southern Skjoldungen Fjord (Greenlandic: Iittuarmiit), at the NW corner of Skjoldungen Island[4] in the Sermersooq municipality. It is a 1,738-metre-high (5,702 ft) ultra-prominent peak. This mountain is marked as a 5,266-foot-high (1,605 m) peak in the Defense Mapping Agency Greenland Navigation charts.[5]

See also

• List of mountain peaks of Greenland
• List of mountains of Greenland
• List of the ultra-prominent summits of North America
• List of the major 100-kilometer summits of North America

References

1. Google Earth
2. Nunat Aqqi; Stednavne
3. "Azimuthbjerg". Mapcarta. Retrieved 16 April 2016.
4. Prostar Sailing Directions 2005 Greenland and Iceland Enroute, p. 101
5. 1:1,000,000 scale Operational Navigation Chart, Sheet D-16

External links

• Skjoldungensund, SE Greenland (View of the Azimuthbjerg on the left of the picture)