Alfheimbjerg

Alfheimbjerg (meaning "Alfheim Mountain" in Danish) is a mountain in the King Frederick VI Coast, Sermersooq, southeastern Greenland.

Alfheimbjerg
Odinland NASA picture section
Highest point
Elevation1,320 m (4,330 ft)[1]
Listing
Coordinates63°50′53″N 41°34′9″W[2]
Geography
Alfheimbjerg is located in Greenland
Alfheimbjerg
Alfheimbjerg
Climbing
First ascentUnclimbed

It is named after Álfheimr, the abode of the elves in Norse mythology.

Geography

This mountain is a nunatak that rises off the southwestern end of the Odinland peninsula, between the western side of the Fimbul Glacier terminus and the northern side of the terminus of the Bernstorff Glacier.[2]

To the northeast of Alfheimbjerg, on the opposite side of the Fimbul Glacier, rises the Brages Range by the confluence of the Sleipner Glacier.[1]

See also

References

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