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This peak was named ''Monte Lugano'', after the town of [[Lugano]] in [[Switzerland]], by Swiss geologist [[Eugen Wegmann]] (1896 - 1982) at the time of [[Lauge Koch]]'s 1931-34 [[Three-year Expedition to East Greenland]]. [[Louise Boyd]] had previously used the temporary names "Scoop Mountain" and "C. Mountain" in her 1931 Greenland expedition.<ref name="cat">{{cite web | title = Catalogue of place names in northern East Greenland | publisher = Geological Survey of Denmark | url = https://data.geus.dk/geusmap/?mapname=stednavnedb#baslay=baseMapGl&optlay=&extent=393132.57634440885,8875667.27470835,534548.3804393131,8941613.004729178&layers=grl_geus_north_east_higgins_map,grl_ne_higgins_placenames,grl_ne_placenames&filter_1=txt_search.part%3D%26placename%3D&filter_2=txt_search.part%3D%26placename%3D | accessdate = 30 September 2019}}</ref> |
This peak was named ''Monte Lugano'', after the town of [[Lugano]] in [[Switzerland]], by Swiss geologist [[Eugen Wegmann]] (1896 - 1982) at the time of [[Lauge Koch]]'s 1931-34 [[Three-year Expedition to East Greenland]]. [[Louise Boyd]] had previously used the temporary names "Scoop Mountain" and "C. Mountain" in her 1931 Greenland expedition.<ref name="cat">{{cite web | title = Catalogue of place names in northern East Greenland | publisher = Geological Survey of Denmark | url = https://data.geus.dk/geusmap/?mapname=stednavnedb#baslay=baseMapGl&optlay=&extent=393132.57634440885,8875667.27470835,534548.3804393131,8941613.004729178&layers=grl_geus_north_east_higgins_map,grl_ne_higgins_placenames,grl_ne_placenames&filter_1=txt_search.part%3D%26placename%3D&filter_2=txt_search.part%3D%26placename%3D | accessdate = 30 September 2019}}</ref> |
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Mount Lugano was first climbed by Eugen Wegmann, together with fellow Swiss geologist [[Augusto Gansser]] (1910 – 2012), on 11 August 1934.<ref name="cat"/> |
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Revision as of 10:50, 3 October 2019
| Mount Lugano | |
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  Mount Lugano | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 2,194 m (7,198 ft)[1] |
| Coordinates | 72°48′N 27°27.1′W / 72.800°N 27.4517°W[2] |
| Geography | |
| Location | Gletscherland |
| Climbing | |
| First ascent | 1934 - Eugen Wegmann and Augusto Gansser |
Mount Lugano (Danish: Lugano Bjerg) is a mountain in eastern Greenland. Administratively it is part of the Northeast Greenland National Park.[3]
History
This peak was named Monte Lugano, after the town of Lugano in Switzerland, by Swiss geologist Eugen Wegmann (1896 - 1982) at the time of Lauge Koch's 1931-34 Three-year Expedition to East Greenland. Louise Boyd had previously used the temporary names "Scoop Mountain" and "C. Mountain" in her 1931 Greenland expedition.[2]
Mount Lugano was first climbed by Eugen Wegmann, together with fellow Swiss geologist Augusto Gansser (1910 – 2012), on 11 August 1934.[2]
Geography
Mount Lugano is the highest point of Gletscherland.[1] It is a roughly 2,194 m (7,198 ft) high peak that rises in the northern part of Gletscherland, near the southern shore of Dickson Fjord. The summit of Mount Lugano has a concave shape topped by an ice cap that is apparent when viewed from Bocksrietdal in the west, across the Hisinger Glacier.[2]
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See also
References
- ^ a b Sailing Directions for East Greenland and Iceland, p. 117
- ^ a b c d "Catalogue of place names in northern East Greenland". Geological Survey of Denmark. Retrieved 30 September 2019.
- ^ Google Earth
External links
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