Faraway How
Faraway How | |
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Faraway How | |
Highest point | |
Elevation | 1,398 m (4,587 ft)[1] |
Coordinates | 74°25′N 23°33′W / 74.417°N 23.550°WCoordinates: 74°25′N 23°33′W / 74.417°N 23.550°W[2] |
Geography | |
Location | King Christian X Land, Greenland |
Climbing | |
First ascent | Unknown |
Faraway How is a nunatak in King Christian X Land, East Greenland. Administratively it falls under the Northeast Greenland National Park zone.
This geographic feature was named by the 1926 led by Sir James Wordie.[3]
Geography[]
Faraway How is located in the Wordie Glacier north of and 9 km to the west of C. H. Ostenfeld Nunatak's northern end.[2]
Faraway How is 7.8 km in length and its maximum width is 3.2 km; the highest elevation is located at the western end and is 1,398 metres (4,587 ft) high.[1]
See also[]
- List of mountains in Greenland
- List of nunataks of Greenland
Bibliography[]
- Wordie, J. M.; Manley, G.; White, P. F.; Johnson, D. McI. (1927). "The Cambridge Expedition to East Greenland in 1926". The Geographical Journal. 70 (3): 225–265. doi:10.2307/1781943. JSTOR 1781943.
References[]
- ^ a b GoogleEarth
- ^ a b "Faraway How". Mapcarta. Retrieved 8 July 2016.
- ^ "Catalogue of place names in northern East Greenland". Geological Survey of Denmark. Retrieved 8 July 2016.[permanent dead link]
Categories:
- Mountains of Greenland
- Nunataks of Greenland
- Greenland geography stubs