{{Short description|Mountain range in Greenland}} {{Infobox mountain range | name=Borgtinderne | other_name= | image=Operational Navigation Chart C-13, 3rd edition.jpg | image_size= | image_caption=Defense Mapping Agency map of Greenland sheet. | country=Greenland | state= | state_type= | length_km=57 | length_orientation=N/S | width_km = 17 | width_orientation=E/W | area_km2= | highest=Borgetinde | elevation_m=3265 | range_coordinates = {{coord|68|51|N|28|14|W|type:mountain_region:GL_dim:200000|format=dms|display=inline,title}} | coordinates = | geology= | geology1= | age= | map = Greenland | label_position = | map_size= | map_caption = Location in Greenland }}
'''Borgtinderne''',<ref name="mapcarta">{{cite web|url=http://mapcarta.com/19194112|title=Borgtinderne|work=Mapcarta|accessdate=29 July 2016}}</ref> meaning 'Castle Pinnacles' in the Danish language, is a mountain range in King Christian IX Land, eastern Greenland. Administratively, this range is part of the Sermersooq Municipality.
==Geography== The Borgtinderne is a long nunatak with high mountains. It is located east of the Ejnar Mikkelsen Range, between the Borggraven Glacier on its eastern and the Kronborg Glacier on its western side. The southern end of the range reaches the coast. The area of the Borgtinderne is uninhabited.<ref name="GE">Google Earth</ref>
===Mountains=== The highest point is Borgetinde, a mountain which has a wide reputation among alpinists and which is the easternmost {{convert|3000|m|abbr=on}} summit of Greenland and greater North America.<ref>[http://www.greenlandheliski.com/index.php?id=gh_ejnar_gallery Tangent - Borgetinde]</ref> * Borgetinde (3,265 m); highest peak at {{coord|68|51|9|N|28|14|15|W|}}<ref name=GE/> * Tall peak further north (3,197 m) at {{coord|68|55|12|N|28|14|21|W|}}<ref name="GE"/> * Peak SW of the tallest (2,909 m) at {{coord|68|49|45|N|28|20|39|W|}}<ref name="GE"/> * Northern end peak (2,389 m) at {{coord|68|57|45|N|28|14|30|W|}}<ref name="GE"/>
==Climate== Tundra climate prevails in the region. The average annual temperature in the area of the range is −12 °C. The warmest month is July when the average temperature reaches 0 °C and the coldest is February when the temperature sinks to −21 °C.<ref name = "nasa">{{cite web|url= http://neo.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/dataset_index.php|title= NASA Earth Observations Data Set Index|work= NASA|accessdate= 30 January 2016|archive-date= 10 May 2020|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20200510015442/https://neo.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/dataset_index.php|url-status= dead}}</ref>
==See also== *List of mountain ranges of Greenland *List of mountains in Greenland *List of Nunataks of Greenland *Syenite
==References== {{Reflist|2}}
==External links== *[http://www.climbgreenland.com/index.php?id=cg_mount_history The Development of Mountaineering in East and North-East Greenland- An Outline History] *[https://www.researchgate.net/publication/249545834_The_Kap_Gustav_Holm_Tertiary_Plutonic_Centre_East_Greenland The Kap Gustav Holm Tertiary Plutonic Centre, East Greenland] *[http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/research/geochemistry/tertiary-magmatism-east-greenland-and-hotspot-magmatism-worldwide Tertiary Magmatism In East Greenland And Hotspot Magmatism Worldwide]
Category:Mountain ranges of Greenland Category:Nunataks of Greenland Category:Sermersooq
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