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was unable to identify the original peak. Since the expedition members considered that the name should be preserved, it was placed on a conspicuous 912 m (2,992 ft) mountain rising on the north side of
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Although this peak was an important landmark for the first explorers of the area, the 1906–08
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Pic de Gerlache is located in Norre Biland, the northern section of
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Fifty miles or more away we can see the steep slopes of
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Mountain in Northeast Greenland National Park, Greenland
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Catalogue of place names in northern East Greenland
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Mount Gerlache
Pic de Gerlache is located in Greenland
Duke of Orleans Land
Greenland
Elevation
Coordinates
78°36′3″N 21°27′7″W / 78.60083°N 21.45194°W / 78.60083; -21.45194
Duke of Orleans Land
Greenland
First ascent
mountain
King Frederick VIII Land
Greenland
Northeast Greenland National Park
Duke of Orléans
Arctic Expedition
Belgica
Adrien de Gerlache
Danmark Expedition
Gammel Hellerup Glacier
Ejnar Mikkelsen
pyramid
Alabama Expedition
Lambert Land
Duke of Orleans Land
nunatak
Jokel Bay

List of mountains in Greenland
List of Nunataks§Greenland

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