Rigny Bjerg
{{Short description|Mountain peak in Greenland}}
{{Infobox mountain
| name = Mount Rigny
| other_name = Rignys Bjerg
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| elevation_m = 2734
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| listing = List of mountains in Greenland
| location = Sermersooq, Greenland
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Mount Rigny ({{langx|da|Rigny Bjerg}}, Rignys Bjerg) is a mountain peak in East Greenland.{{cite web | title = Catalogue of place names in northern East Greenland | publisher = Geological Survey of Denmark | url = http://www.geus.dk/publications/bull/nr21/nr21_p117-368.pdf3 | accessdate = 18 June 2016}}{{cite web|url=http://mapcarta.com/19186286|title=Rigny Bjerg|work=Mapcarta|accessdate=6 August 2016}} It is located in King Christian IX Land, Sermersooq Municipality.
The mountain was named by Jules de Blosseville, after French naval officer Marie Henri Daniel Gauthier, comte de Rigny (1782–1835).
Geography
Mount Rigny is the highest peak in a mountainous area east of the Sortebrae Glacier close to the Blosseville Coast. Reaching {{convert|2734|m|ft|abbr=on}},Google Earth Rigny Bjerg was marked on Jules de Blosseville's map of 1833 which also contained a drawing of the mountain's profile as seen from the sea. The mountain was then identified by the 1895-96 Ingolf Expedition led by C.F. Wandel, and its approximate position determined by the 1898–1900 Carlsbergfund Expedition to East Greenland led by G.C. Amdrup. This mountain's elevation and position are incorrect in the Defense Mapping Agency Greenland Navigation charts.[http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/onc/txu-pclmaps-oclc-8322829_d_16.jpg 1:1,000,000 scale Operational Navigation Chart, Sheet C-13]
In Rigny Berg there are routes popular with mountaineers, such as "Snow Falcon",[http://www.rockclimbing.com/routes/Europe/Denmark/Greenland/Rignys_Bjerg/Rignys_Bjerg/Snow_Falcon_48082.html Rockclimbing - Snow Falcon - WI3] as well as neighboring peaks in the region such as RHARPeak.[http://www.rockclimbing.com/routes/Europe/Denmark/Greenland/Rignys_Bjerg/Rignys_Bjerg/RHARPeak_48106.html Rockclimbing - RHARPeak] The first successful ascent in 1998 by Russ Hore and Al Read.
The first full ascent of Rigny Bjerg was made on 19 July 2003 by the 'Midnight Sun 03 Expedition'.
Certain studies claim that the mountain corresponds to the legendary Norsemen's Blåsærk"Blue Shirt" - probably a descriptive name alluding to a dark appearance towering over the white inland ice, cf Hvitserk. and to the Mount of Gods Mercie named by Henry Hudson in 1607.{{cite book | last=Tornøe |first =Johannes Kristoffer |year = 1964| title = Early American history: Norsemen before Columbus | place= London | publisher= Allen & Unwin | pages= 126}}
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See also
References
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External links
- [https://www.panoramio.com/photo/60145208 "Snow Falcon" Gr III Rignys Bjerg]
- [http://www.rockclimbing.com/photos/Alpine/Russ_on_RHARPeak_42420.html Rockclimbing - Russ on RHARPeak]
- [http://www.geografi.nu/region.php?var1=gronland_27_7_3420304_Rigny%20Bjerg_-73362306.jpg_73362306_5447044_500_335_russoggi255_RHARPeak Rigny Bjerg - RHARPeak]
- [https://brage.npolar.no/npolar-xmlui/bitstream/handle/11250/278264/Meddelelser030.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y HVITSERK OG BLÅSERK]
Category:Mountains of Greenland