Ceresfjellet
| Ceresfjellet | ||
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| height | 1675 moh. | |
| location | Ny-Friesland , Svalbard | |
| Mountains | Planetfjella | |
| Dominance | 3.6 km → Perriertoppen | |
| Notch height | 450 m | |
| Coordinates | 79 ° 8 '7 " N , 16 ° 55' 11" E | |
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| Type | Rock peaks | |
| rock | granite | |
| Age of the rock | Obersilur | |
At 1675 meters, Ceresfjellet is the third highest mountain in the Svalbard Archipelago in the Arctic Ocean .
Origin of the name
Ceresfjellet is named after the dwarf planet (1) Ceres , the largest object in the main asteroid belt . This in turn was named after the Roman goddess of agriculture, fertility and marriage.
Location and surroundings
The Ceresfjellet lies to the east and at the upper end of the Tryggvebreen Glacier in the Planetfjella mountain group. This is located in the southwest of the Ny-Friesland area in the northeast of the main island of Svalbard .
It is only a few kilometers away from Perriertoppen and Chadwickryggen .
Routes to the summit
On April 19, 2007, Robert Jasper and Markus Stofer made the first ascent of the west face of Ceresfjellet. The ascent is a mixed climbing route and was done in alpine style . They named the route Northern Siesta and rated them with the difficulty M6.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Statistisk sentralbyrå (Ed.): Svalbardstatistikk 2005 . PDC Tangen, Oslo / Kongsvinger 2005, ISBN 82-537-6809-5 , p. 136 (English, Norwegian, online [PDF; 6.8 MB ; accessed on September 24, 2015]).
- ↑ a b Ceresfjellet . In: The Place Names of Svalbard (first edition 1942). Norsk Polarinstitutt , Oslo 2001, ISBN 82-90307-82-9 (English, Norwegian).
- ↑ Robert Jasper: Spitzbergen - Mountaineering and mixed climbing in the Atomfjella Mountains. In: Bergstieg.com. Alpinverlag Jentzsch-Rabl GmbH, June 5, 2007, accessed on August 29, 2014 .
- ↑ Robert Jasper: Jasper: Living and Climbing in the Freezer. In: alpin.de - Das BergMagazin online. Olympia-Verlag GmbH, June 5, 2007, accessed on August 29, 2014 .