Gunnbjørn Fjeld

Gunnbjørn Fjeld is the highest mountain in , north of the Arctic Circle, and the highest point in North America not on the mainland. It is a nunatak, a rocky peak protruding through ice. Gunnbjørn Fjeld is ranked 9th by topographic isolation.
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  • Type: Peak with an elevation of 3,694 metres
  • Description: tallest mountain in Greenland
  • Also known as: Gunnbjorn Fjeld”, “Gunnbjörns Bjærge”, “Gunnbjörns Fjaeld”, and “Gunnbjorns Mountain

Gunnbjørn Fjeld

Latitude
68.91845° or 68° 55′ 6″ north
Longitude
-29.89927° or 29° 53′ 57″ west
Elevation
3,694 metres (12,119 feet)
Open location code
99WGW492+97
Open­Street­Map ID
node 897702841
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­peak
Geo­Names ID
3423611
Wiki­data ID
Q825709
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Venetian—“Gunnbjørn Fjeld” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: غنبيورنز فيلد
  • Armenian: Գունբյոռն
  • Armenian: Հուննբորն
  • Azerbaijani: Qunbyorn dağı
  • Basque: Gunnbjørn Fjeld
  • Basque: Gunnbjørn
  • Basque: Gunnbjørns Fjeld
  • Belarusian: Гунб’ёрн
  • Bulgarian: Гунбьорн
  • Catalan: Gunnbjörn Fjeld
  • Catalan: Gunnbjørn Fjeld
  • Cebuano: Gunnbjørn Fjeld
  • Chinese: 貢比約恩山
  • Chinese: 贡比约恩山
  • Czech: Gunnbjørn Fjeld
  • Czech: Gunnbjorn
  • Czech: Gunnbjørn
  • Czech: Hvitserk
  • Danish: Gunnbjørns fjeld
  • Dutch: Gunnbjorn Fjeld
  • Dutch: Gunnbjørn Fjeld
  • Dutch: Gunnbjorn Fjell
  • Dutch: Gunnbjorn
  • Dutch: Gunnbjørn
  • Egyptian Arabic: جبل جنبيورنز فيلد
  • French: Gumbjorns Fjelf
  • French: Gunnbjorn
  • French: Gunnbjørn
  • French: Gunnbjörns Fjeld
  • French: Hvitserk
  • French: Mont Gunnbjorn
  • French: Mont Gunnbjörn
  • French: Mont Gunnbjørn
  • Galician: Gunnbjörn Fjeld
  • Georgian: გუნბიერნი
  • German: Gunnbjørn Fjeld
  • German: Gunnbjörn
  • German: Gunnbjørn
  • German: Gunnbjørns Fjeld
  • German: Hvitserk
  • German: Weißhemd
  • Hungarian: Gunnbjørns Fjeld
  • Icelandic: Gunnbjörnsfjall
  • Italian: Monte Gunnbjørn
  • Japanese: ギュンビョルン山
  • Korean: 군비외른산
  • Korean: 군비요른 산
  • Ladin: Gunnbjørn Fjeld
  • Latvian: Gunnbjerna fjelds
  • Latvian: Gunnbjerna kalns
  • Lithuanian: Gunbjornas
  • Low German: Gunnbjørn Fjeld
  • Luxembourgish: Gunnbjørn Fjeld
  • Macedonian: Гунбјерн
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Gunnbjørns Fjeld
  • Norwegian: Gunnbjørns Fjeld
  • Occitan (post 1500): Gunnbjorn
  • Persian: گونبیورن
  • Polish: Góra Gunnbjorna
  • Polish: Góra Gunnbjørna
  • Polish: Gunnbjoern Fjeld
  • Polish: Gunnbjorn Fjeld
  • Polish: Gunnbjørn Fjeld
  • Portuguese: Gunnbjørn Fjeld
  • Portuguese: Gunnbjørn
  • Russian: Гунбьерн
  • Russian: Гунбьёрн
  • Silesian: Gůra Gunnbjørna
  • Slovak: Gunnbjörnov vrch
  • Slovenian: Gunnbjørn Fjeld
  • Spanish: Gunnbjorn Fjeld
  • Spanish: Gunnbjorn
  • Spanish: Gunnbjörn
  • Spanish: Monte Gunnbjørn
  • Swahili: Mlima Gunnbjørn
  • Swedish: Gunnbjörn
  • Swedish: Gunnbjørn
  • Thai: Gunnbjørn Fjeld
  • Thai: กึนน์บีเอิร์นฟเยลด์
  • Ukrainian: Гунбьорн
  • Ukrainian: Гуннбйорн
  • Venetian: Monte Gunnbjørn

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