Watkins Range

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Watkins Range is a remote mountain range in eastern Greenland known for containing Gunnbjørn Fjeld, the highest peak in the Arctic.

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Label Occurrences
Watkins Range canonical 5

Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf explorer
mountain
mountain
mountain
mountain
mountain
mountain range
access by ski-plane landings on nearby glaciers
climate polar climate
contains Christian IV Glacier NERFINISHED
Cone
Dome
Ejnar Mikkelsen Fjeld
Gunnbjørn Fjeld
surface form: Gunnbjørn Dome

Gunnbjørn Fjeld
Kronborg Glacier NERFINISHED
Nathorst Tinde
Petermann Peak
Rosenborg Glacier NERFINISHED
Snekuppel
country Greenland
coveredBy glaciers
permanent snowfields
discoveredBy British Arctic Air Route Expedition
elevation 3694 m
firstMajorExploration 1930s
geology Precambrian crystalline rocks
highestPoint Gunnbjørn Fjeld
highestPointOf Arctic region
surface form: Arctic

Greenland
knownFor British Arctic Air Route Expedition
containing the highest peak in the Arctic
remote location
locatedIn Sermersooq municipality
Watkins Range self-linksurface differs
East Greenland
surface form: eastern Greenland
locatedOnContinent North America
mountainSystem Watkins Mountains
namedAfter Gino Watkins
nearestSettlement Tasiilaq
partOf Greenland Ice Sheet (North American sector)
surface form: Greenland ice sheet region
popularFor mountaineering expeditions
ski mountaineering

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Gunnbjørn Fjeld mountainRange Watkins Range
Watkins Range locatedIn Watkins Range self-linksurface differs
subject surface form: Gunnbjørn Fjeld
Helge Petersen mountainRange Watkins Range
subject surface form: Gunnbjørn Fjeld
Gunnbjørn Fjeldt locatedIn Watkins Range
subject surface form: Gunnbjørn Fjeld
Gunnbjørn Fjeldt mountainRange Watkins Range
subject surface form: Gunnbjørn Fjeld