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Coordinates: 80°39′N 64°30′W / 80.650°N 64.500°W / 80.650; -64.500
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The '''Pentamerus Range''' ({{lang-da|Pentamerus Bjerge}})<ref name="mapcarta">{{cite web|url=https://mapcarta.com/20008144|title=Pentamerus Bjerge|work=Mapcarta|accessdate=9 January 2019}}</ref> is a [[mountain range]] in far northwestern [[Greenland]]. Administratively this range is part of the [[Qaasuitsup]] [[Municipalities of Greenland|municipality]]. The area of the range is uninhabited.<ref name="GE">[[Google Earth]]</ref>
The '''Pentamerus Range''' ({{lang-da|Pentamerus Bjerge}})<ref name="mapcarta">{{cite web|url=https://mapcarta.com/20008144|title=Pentamerus Bjerge|work=Mapcarta|accessdate=9 January 2019}}</ref> is a [[mountain range]] in far northwestern [[Greenland]]. Administratively this range is part of [[Avannaata]] [[Municipalities of Greenland|municipality]]. The area of the range is uninhabited.<ref name="GE">[[Google Earth]]</ref>


This mountain chain was named after the [[Pentamerus]] fossils dating back to the [[Lower Silurian]] that have been found in it.<ref name="camb">[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]</ref>
This mountain chain was named after the [[Pentamerus]] fossils dating back to the [[Lower Silurian]] that have been found in it.<ref name="camb">[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]</ref>

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Pentamerus Range
Pentamerus Bjerge
Pentamerus Range is located in Greenland
Pentamerus Range
Pentamerus Range
Location
Geography
CountryGreenland
Range coordinates80°39′N 64°30′W / 80.650°N 64.500°W / 80.650; -64.500
Geology
Age of rockLower Silurian

The Pentamerus Range (Danish: Pentamerus Bjerge)[1] is a mountain range in far northwestern Greenland. Administratively this range is part of Avannaata municipality. The area of the range is uninhabited.[2]

This mountain chain was named after the Pentamerus fossils dating back to the Lower Silurian that have been found in it.[3]

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.[1]

See also

Bibliography

References

  1. ^ a b "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