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495:Ortlerspids
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367:Arctic hare
322:1869–70 as
300:(Eskimonæs)
281:Clavering Ø
208:Ortlerspids
162: /
138:Coordinates
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38:Native name
1681:Categories
1544:Lichtenau
1358:Bluie West
1320:Bluie East
1228:Brattahlíð
1103:Alluitsoq
1040:(Håbets Ø)
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1599:Edelweiss
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1189:Western
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1095:Akunnat
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1033:Ivittuut
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