Gunnbjørn Fjeld

Gunnbjørn Fjeld
Gunnbjørn Fjeld
Highest point
Elevation	3,694 m (12,119 ft)
Prominence	3,694 m (12,119 ft)
Listing	Highest ocean islands 11th; World most prominent peaks 43rd; World most isolated peaks 9th; Country high point Ultra prominent peak; Greenland highest peaks 1st;
Coordinates	68°55′10.2″N 29°53′54.72″W / 68.919500°N 29.8985333°W
Geography
	Gunnbjørn Fjeld Location of Gunnbjørn Fjeld in Greenland
Location	Sermersooq, Greenland
Parent range	Watkins Range
Climbing
First ascent	16 August 1935

Gunnbjørn Fjeld is the tallest mountain in Greenland, Denmark, and north of the Arctic Circle. It is a nunatak, a rocky peak protruding through glacial ice.

Geography

Gunnbjørn Fjeld is located in the Watkins Range, an area of nunataks on the east coast, which contains several other summits above 3,500 metres.^[1] Its height is often given as 3,700 metres (12,139 ft), although figures vary slightly.

This is higher than Snæfellsjökull, 530.2 kilometers away.^[2]

Straight light rays would not allow to see simultaneously Gunnbjørn Fjeld and Snæfellsjökull, while it has been suggested that indivisibility may have existed under hillingar normal weather condition.^[3]

History

Gunnbjørn Fjeld was first climbed on 16 August 1935 by Augustine Courtauld, Jack Longland, Ebbe Munck and Lawrence Wager. It is named after Gunnbjörn Ulfsson, the first European to have sighted Greenland.

The peak rises in an uninhabited part of the eastern coast of Greenland. The mountain is climbed infrequently due to its remote location. Access is often done with helicopter or ski-equipped plane (normally from Iceland).