Mount Clarence Wyckoff
Mountain in Peary Land, Greenland / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Mount Clarence Wyckoff (Danish: Clarence Wyckoff Fjeld or Clarence Wyckoff Bjerg)[4] is a mountain in Peary Land, Northern Greenland. Administratively the mountain belongs to the Northeast Greenland National Park.[3]
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Mount Clarence Wyckoff | |
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Clarence Wyckoff Fjeld | |
Highest point | |
Elevation | 853 m (2,799 ft)[1] |
Prominence | 290 m (950 ft)[2] |
Listing | |
Coordinates | 82°48′N 23°20′W[3] |
Geography | |
Peary Land, Greenland | |
Parent range | Peary Land |
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The peak was named after Clarence F. Wyckoff, one of the members of the Peary Arctic Club in New York.[5]
The Wyckoff Bjerg Formation is named after the mountain. Fossils dating back to the Cambrian have been found in it.[6][7]