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C. H. Ostenfeld Nunatak is a nunatak in King Christian X Land, East Greenland. Administratively it falls under the Northeast Greenland National Park zone.
C. H. Ostenfeld Nunatak | |
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Highest point | |
Elevation | 1,019 m (3,343 ft)[1] |
Coordinates | 74°17′N 22°56′W[2] |
Geography | |
Location | King Christian X Land, Greenland |
Climbing | |
First ascent | Unknown |
This geographic feature was named by Lauge Koch during his 1929–30 expeditions after Danish botanist Carl Hansen Ostenfeld (1873–1931), author of Flora of Greenland and its origin.[3]
It is a relatively large nunatak located east of Stenoland between the Wordie Glacier and the Granta Glacier. Its northern end lies 9 km to the east of Faraway How's eastern point.[2]
C. H. Ostenfeld Nunatak is 15.7 km in length and its maximum width is 6.4 km; the highest elevation is located at the western end and is 1,019 metres (3,343 ft) high.[1]
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