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(Redirected from Pentamerus Bjerge) Mountain range in Greenland
Pentamerus Range
Pentamerus Bjerge
Pentamerus Range is located in GreenlandPentamerus RangePentamerus RangeLocation
Geography
CountryGreenland
Range coordinates80°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) is a mountain range in far northwestern Greenland. Administratively this range is part of Avannaata municipality. The area of the range is uninhabited.

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

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

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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