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Kalifbjerg (2667 m), Kerberus (c. 2500 m), Gog (c. 2600 m) and Magog (c. 2400 m) peaks are located to the north of Petermann Peak. Initially believed to be the highest peak in Greenland, this mountain is one of the most renowned summits in northeastern Greenland
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Representation of the 12 August 1870 discovery of
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Wordie, J. M.; Wakefield, R. C.; Whittard, W. F.; Manley, G. (1930). "Cambridge East
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1534:Mount Hayes
1519:Mount Marcy
1514:Mount Baker
1434:Sierra Fría
1424:Mount Baldy
1419:Howson Peak
1404:Manuel Peak
1364:Spruce Knob
1234:Cerro Gordo
1134:Signal Hill
1124:Mount Logan
1059:Pico Duarte
804:Favre Bjerg
774:Nuussuaq HP
769:Kloftbjerge
339:geographer
161: /
136:Coordinates
1565:Categories
1504:Pic Macaya
1439:Cloud Peak
1429:Borah Peak
1394:Point 1740
1374:Kings Peak
1339:Mount Ratz
1294:Mont Forel
1279:Revaltoppe
1169:Perserajoq
1159:Keele Peak
1139:Mount Odin
1109:Mount Isto
964:Renland HP
924:Point 1740
904:Mont Forel
899:Revaltoppe
874:Perserajuk
779:Agssaussat
764:Renland HP
759:Perserajoq
749:Revaltoppe
699:Mont Forel
411:References
321:Payer Peak
294:Payer Peak
149:26°23′25″W
1414:Peak 4030
1184:The Cabox
949:Point 574
929:Point 813
289:Knækdalen
267:Geography
242:Greenland
187:Greenland
174:Geography
146:73°5′24″N
93:Elevation
76:Greenland
1409:Katahdin
508:Mapcarta
384:See also
234:mountain
193:Climbing
179:Location
799:Paatuut
538:26 June
513:26 June
490:1784482
450:26 June
273:nunatak
103:Listing
1019:Denali
592:
488:
337:German
253:Arctic
248:zone.
214:Danish
486:JSTOR
232:is a
185:, NE
74:, NE
590:ISBN
540:2016
533:NASA
515:2016
452:2016
315:and
228:and
203:1929
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553:Map
478:doi
327:by
236:in
212:, (
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