Pentamerus Range
{{Short description|Mountain range in Greenland}}
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The Pentamerus Range ({{langx|da|Pentamerus Bjerge}}){{cite web|url=https://mapcarta.com/20008144|title=Pentamerus Bjerge|work=Mapcarta|accessdate=9 January 2019}} is a mountain range in far northwestern Greenland. Administratively this range is part of Avannaata municipality. The area of the range is uninhabited.Google Earth
This mountain chain was named after the Pentamerus fossils dating back to the Lower Silurian that have been found in it.[https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/geological-magazine/article/an-early-silurian-herefordshire-myodocope-ostracod-from-greenland-and-its-palaeoecological-and-palaeobiogeographical-significance/F125F7A6AC2C48F13261D30D771D1676 An Early Silurian ‘Herefordshire’ myodocope ostracod from Greenland and its palaeoecological and palaeobiogeographical significance]
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.
See also
Bibliography
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20161024163648/http://www.geus.dk/minex/green-min-2015.pdf Greenland geology and selected mineral occurrences - GEUS]
References
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External links
- [http://data.geus.dk/map2/geogreen/G500_Legend.pdf Geological map of Greenland - 1 : 500 000 - Polygon Legend - GEUS]
Category:Mountain ranges of Greenland
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