Pentamerus Range

The Pentamerus Range (Danish: Pentamerus Bjerge)[1] is a mountain range in far northwestern Greenland. Administratively this range is part of the Qaasuitsup municipality. The area of the range is uninhabited.[2]

Pentamerus Range
Pentamerus Bjerge
Location
Geography
CountryGreenland
Range coordinates80°39′N 64°30′W
Geology
Age of rockLower Silurian

This mountain chain was named after the Pentamerus fossils dating back to the Lower Silurian that have been found in it.[3]

Geography

The Pentamerus Range is an up to almost 1,000 m high mountain range in Daugaard-Jensen Land. It runs roughly from northeast to southwest.[1]

See also

Bibliography

References
  1. "Pentamerus Bjerge". Mapcarta. Retrieved 9 January 2019.
  2. Google Earth
  3. An Early Silurian ‘Herefordshire’ myodocope ostracod from Greenland and its palaeoecological and palaeobiogeographical significance
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