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prevails in the region. The average annual temperature in the area of the Lindbergh Range is -17 °C. The warmest month is July when the average temperature reaches -5 °C and the coldest is February when the temperature sinks to -19 °C.
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because it has some of the finest and tallest peaks in Greenland. The quality of the rock, however, is poor. A number of the main summits of the nunataks have been climbed in recent years, but the range is still relatively little explored.
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is a smaller glacier located at the southern end. The vast Greenland Ice Sheet lies to the northwest.
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rises to the east of the Lindbergh Range, beyond the Christian IV Glacier, the
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Alpine Journal - North America, Greenland, Northeast, Lindbergh Fjelde
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map of Greenland sheet showing on the right the area of the range.
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to the southwest. The area of the range is uninhabited.
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The Lindbergh Range is an up to 3,171 m high cluster of
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and had discussed the matter with him when they met in
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Greenland Crossing Expeditions and Ice Cap Crossings
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Defense Mapping Agency
Snebordet
Elevation
Lindbergh Range is located in Greenland
Greenland
Range coordinates
69°0′N 30°55′W / 69.000°N 30.917°W / 69.000; -30.917
Danish
mountain range
King Christian IX Land
Greenland
Sermersooq
Lauge Koch
1931–34 Three-year Expedition to East Greenland
Charles Augustus Lindbergh
Greenland Ice Sheet
Ella Island
Watkins Range
mountaineers
nunataks
Christian IV Glacier
Upper Frederiksborg Glacier
ice cap
Frederiksborg Nunataks
Frederiksborg Glacier
Isfald Glacier
Watkins Range
Gronau Nunataks
Lemon Range

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