Watkins Range
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The Watkins Range is Greenland
's highest mountain range, with massive ice-covered peaks and exposed cliffs. The Watkins Range has excellent snow as well as ice routes for experience climbers. Good climbing conditions are present for the most part in July and August.
The primary peak of the range is Gunnbjørn Fjeld (12,139 ft./3,694 m.), also the highest peak in the Arctic
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and many other mountains higher than 3,000m
Greenland
Greenland is an autonomous country within the Kingdom of Denmark, located between the Arctic and Atlantic Oceans, east of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. Though physiographically a part of the continent of North America, Greenland has been politically and culturally associated with Europe for...
's highest mountain range, with massive ice-covered peaks and exposed cliffs. The Watkins Range has excellent snow as well as ice routes for experience climbers. Good climbing conditions are present for the most part in July and August.
The primary peak of the range is Gunnbjørn Fjeld (12,139 ft./3,694 m.), also the highest peak in the Arctic
Arctic
The Arctic is a region located at the northern-most part of the Earth. The Arctic consists of the Arctic Ocean and parts of Canada, Russia, Greenland, the United States, Norway, Sweden, Finland, and Iceland. The Arctic region consists of a vast, ice-covered ocean, surrounded by treeless permafrost...
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Mountains
- Gunnbjørn Fjeld - 3,694m
- Dome - 3,682m
- Cone - 3,669m
and many other mountains higher than 3,000m