Revaltoppe
This peak was named by J.P. Koch's 1912–13 Danish Expedition to Queen Louise Land after Reval, the historical name of Tallinn, the capital of Estonia, where according to a legend, the Dannebrog (flag of Denmark) is said to have dropped from the sky during a battle between the Danes and the Estonians in 1219.
Geography
Revaltoppe is the highest peak in a group of nunataks to the west of Dannebrogsfjeldene, at the southwestern end of Queen Louise Land (Danish: Dronning Louise Land). The nunatak group was named Reval Toppene or Revaltoppene by J.P. Koch’s 1912–13 Danish Expedition to Queen Louise Land.
Revaltoppe is a 2,317.5-metre-high (7,603 ft) peak. This mountain is marked as a 7,999-foot-high (2,438 m) peak in the Defense Mapping Agency Greenland Navigation charts.
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See also
- Gefiontinde, Queen Louise Land's highest point
- List of mountain peaks of Greenland
- List of mountains in Greenland
- List of Nunataks#Greenland
References
- ^ Google Earth
- ^ "Catalogue of place names in northern East Greenland" (PDF). Geological Survey of Denmark. Retrieved 1 December 2019.
- ^ "Reval Toppen". Mapcarta. Retrieved 4 July 2016.
- ^ GEUS Map - Northern East Greenland; Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland Bulletin 21 Map 4 - 1:1 000 000
- ^ 1:1,000,000 scale Operational Navigation Chart, Sheet B-9