Princess Caroline-Mathilde Alps
| Princess Caroline-Mathilde Alps | |
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| Prinsesse Caroline Mathilde Alper | |
Operational Navigation Chart of NE Greenland.
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| Highest point | |
| Peak | Holm Land HP |
| Elevation | 1,627 m (5,338 ft) |
| Dimensions | |
| Length | 55 km (34 mi) N/S |
| Width | 30 km (19 mi) E/W |
| Area | 1,400 km² |
| Geography | |
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| Country | Greenland |
| Range coordinates | 80°22′N 19°10′W / 80.37°N 19.17°WCoordinates: 80°22′N 19°10′W / 80.37°N 19.17°W |
The Princess Caroline-Mathilde Alps (Danish: Prinsesse Caroline Mathilde Alper) are a mountain range system in the Holm Land Peninsula, King Frederick VIII Land, northeastern Greenland. Administratively this range is part of the Northeast Greenland National Park zone.
The range was named by the 1938–39 Mørkefjord Expedition after Princess Caroline-Mathilde of Denmark (1912-1995), wife of Prince Knud of Denmark (1900-1976), patron of the expedition.
The Princess Caroline-Mathilde Alps run from north to south across the western half of the Holm Land peninsula. The Princess Elizabeth Alps located to the north across the Ingolf Fjord display a similar structure. The range is bound to the north and northwest by the inner Ingolf Fjord, to the east by the flatter eastern part of Holm Land, to the west by the Vandre Valley (Vandredalen) and the Saefaxi River (Sæfaxi Elv), and to the south by the Marmorvigen and the inner Hekla Sound, the NW branch of the Scoresby Sound.
The range has numerous rocky peaks and ridges that are unnamed. The highest point of the Princess Caroline-Mathilde Alps reaches 1,627 m (5,338 ft) at 80°28′28″N 19°36′38″W / 80.47444°N 19.61056°W with an almost as high 1,618 m (5,308 ft) peak located very close about 5 km to the southeast. US Air Force maps display the same highest point reaching 1,801 m (5,909 ft) and other sources 1,744 m (5,722 ft).
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