Qalorujoorneq
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Qalorujoorneq is a 676 metres (2,218 ft) high mountain
in southeastern Greenland
, located in the eastern part of Kulusuk Island
, to the southeast of the Kulusuk Airport
. It is the highest mountain on the island.
filled by the Qalorujoornep Tasia lake.
The southwestern ridge is the easiest route to the summit, petering out with several rounded trabants in its lower reaches to the south and southwest of the lake.
The northwestern ridge falls from the nearly flat summit ridge with a series of trabants, the first and highest a rocky pinnacle, the other progressively lower and rounder, extending into the interior of the island above the central reservoir lake.
Mountain
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in southeastern Greenland
Greenland
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, located in the eastern part of Kulusuk Island
Kulusuk Island
Kulusuk Island is an island in the Sermersooq municipality on the southeastern shore of Greenland. It is an outlying island in the Ammassalik archipelago of islands on the coast of the North Atlantic. The island is home to Kulusuk, the fourth-largest settlement on the entire eastern coast of...
, to the southeast of the Kulusuk Airport
Kulusuk Airport
Kulusuk Airport is an airport in Kulusuk, a settlement on an island of the same name off the shore of the North Atlantic in the Sermersooq municipality in southeastern Greenland.- Airlines and destinations :- Bottlenecks :...
. It is the highest mountain on the island.
Topography
Walls
To the northeast and to the east, Qalorujoorneq walls fall directly into the North Atlantic. The southern wall is the smallest, and the easiest to ascend. Its western wall is the widest, with a prominent pillar in the center falling into a post-glacial cirqueCirque
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filled by the Qalorujoornep Tasia lake.
Ridges
Qalorujoorneq has three ridges. Its southeastern ridge extends to the southeastern promontory on the island, with two distinct peaks: Saajat at 603 metres (1,978 ft) and Kangeq at 280 metres (919 ft).The southwestern ridge is the easiest route to the summit, petering out with several rounded trabants in its lower reaches to the south and southwest of the lake.
The northwestern ridge falls from the nearly flat summit ridge with a series of trabants, the first and highest a rocky pinnacle, the other progressively lower and rounder, extending into the interior of the island above the central reservoir lake.