Kayser Mountain
{{Short description|Mountain in Greenland}}
{{for|the mountain ranges in Austria and Suriname|Kaiser Mountains|Käyser Mountains}}
{{Infobox mountain
| name = Kayser Mountain
| other_name =Kayser Bjerg
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| elevation_m = 1094
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| location = Hall Land, Greenland
| map = Greenland
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| map_size = 260
| label_position = bottom
| range = Haug Range
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Kayser Mountain ({{langx|da|Kayser Bjerg}}) is a mountain in Hall Land, NW Greenland. Administratively it is part of the Northeast Greenland National Park. This peak was named after German geologist and paleontologist Emanuel Kayser.
Geography
Kayser Mountain is located at the eastern end of the Haug Range in northern Hall Land, at the southern limit of the Polaris Foreland. It rises 6 km to the southwest of the shore of the Newman Bay fjord.{{cite web|url=http://mapcarta.com/19190654|title=Kayser Bjerg|work=Mapcarta|accessdate=8 July 2016}} With a height of {{convert|1094|m|ft|0}}, Kayser Mountain is the highest elevation of Hall Land and of the Haug Range.
Brachiopod fossils of genus Pentamerus dating back to the Lower Silurian have been found in this mountain.{{cite journal|doi=10.1111/j.1475-4983.2009.00849.x | volume=52 | title=SULCIPENTAMERUS(PENTAMERIDA, BRACHIOPODA) FROM THE LOWER SILURIAN WASHINGTON LAND GROUP, NORTH GREENLAND | year=2009 | journal=Palaeontology | pages=385–399 | last1 = Jin | first1 = Jisuo| doi-access=free }}
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See also
Bibliography
- [http://www.geus.dk/minex/green-min-2015.pdf Greenland geology and selected mineral occurrences - GEUS] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161024163648/http://www.geus.dk/minex/green-min-2015.pdf |date=2016-10-24 }}