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Pentamerus Range

The Pentamerus Range is a mountain range in far northwestern Greenland. Administratively this range is part of Avannaata municipality. The area of the range is uninhabited.

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Pentamerus Range
Pentamerus Bjerge
Pentamerus Range
Location
Geography
Country
Greenland
Range coordinates
80°39′N 64°30′W / 80.650°N 64.500°W / 80.650; -64.500
Geology
Rock ageLower Silurian

The Pentamerus Range (Danish: Pentamerus Bjerge)1 is a mountain range in far northwestern Greenland. Administratively this range is part of Avannaata municipality. The area of the range is uninhabited.2

This mountain chain was named after the Pentamerus fossils dating back to the Lower Silurian that have been found in it.3

Geography

The Pentamerus Range is an up to almost 1,000 m high mountain range in Daugaard-Jensen Land. It runs roughly from northeast to southwest.1

See also

See also

Bibliography

Bibliography

References

References

  1. "Pentamerus Bjerge". Mapcarta. Retrieved 9 January 2019.
  2. Google Earth
  3. An Early Silurian ‘Herefordshire’ myodocope ostracod from Greenland and its palaeoecological and palaeobiogeographical significance
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