Actress (Greenland)

Actress is the highest mountain in the Lemon Range, Sermersooq municipality, eastern Greenland.[1]

Actress
Highest point
Elevation2,514 m (8,248 ft) [1]
Coordinates68°35′22″N 31°50′23″W [1]
Geography
LocationSermersooq, Greenland
Parent rangeLemon Range
Climbing
First ascent1990s[2]

It was climbed in the 1990s by Tom Chamberlain.[2]

Geography

This 2,514 m (8,248 ft) high peak rises at the northern end of the Lemon Range, rising steeply just west of the Frederiksborg Glacier.[1] It is a rocky peak with a vertical icy crevice running along its southern face. This mountain is marked as an 8,726-foot-high (2,660 m) peak in the Defense Mapping Agency Greenland Navigation charts.[3]

Although it is the highest summit of the range, Actress is located inland and is not as conspicuous as the spectacular peak cluster of the Domkirkebjerget with its 2,458 m (8,064 ft) high "Cathedral". The latter is located further south in a more accessible area[4][5] and "Cathedral" was formerly confused with Actress, the true highest point of the Lemon Range.[6]

See also

References
  1. Google Earth
  2. Alpine Journal - Bishops, Actresses and Witches
  3. 1:1,000,000 scale Operational Navigation Chart, Sheet C-13
  4. "Domkirkebjerget". Mapcarta. Retrieved 9 May 2018.
  5. "North America, Greenland, Cathedral Peak Attempt, Lemon Bjerge, East Greenland". AAC Publications. Retrieved 25 July 2016.
  6. American Alpine Club - North America, Greenland, Peaks in the Lindberg Bjerge; Cathedral and Other Peaks in the Lemon Bjerge


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