Barrier tops
| Barrier tops | ||
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| height | 1712 moh. | |
| location | Ny-Friesland , Svalbard | |
| Mountains | Atomfjella | |
| Dominance | 21.95 km → Newton tops | |
| Notch height | 562 m ↓ Trebrepasset | |
| Coordinates | 79 ° 9 '13 " N , 16 ° 46' 47" E | |
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| Type | Rock peaks | |
| rock | granite | |
| Age of the rock | Obersilur | |
| First ascent | 1950 | |
| Normal way | over the eastern flank | |
At 1712 meters, the Perriertoppen is the second highest mountain in the Svalbard Archipelago in the Arctic Ocean .
history
Origin of the name
The Perriertoppen was named in 1946 by a French expedition after the French geodesist and general Georges Perrier (1872-1946) who died in the same year .
First ascent
The Perriertoppen was climbed for the first time in 1950 as part of a French expedition.
Location and surroundings
The Perriertoppen is located north of the Tryggvebreen Glacier in the Atomfjella mountain group, the most alpine mountain area in Svalbard . This is located in the southwest of the Ny-Friesland area in the northeast of the main island of Svalbard.
The highest mountain in the archipelago, the Newtontoppen , is located about 22 kilometers southeast of the Perriertoppen and only towers above it by one meter.
Routes to the summit
The Perriertoppen is far from any settlements in the arctic and mountainous terrain of the island. Reaching it has the character of an expedition . To the east of the Perriertoppen there is a mountain pass at 1200 meters that can serve as a starting point for the ascent. The eastern flank of the mountain is steep, so that the ascent must be climbed with equipment such as crampons , ice ax and safety ropes .
On April 20, 2007, Robert Jasper and Markus Stofer succeeded in the first ascent of the south face of the Perriertoppen. The ascent is a mixed climbing route and was done in alpine style . They named the route I want to be a polar bear and rated them with the difficulty M7.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Statistisk sentralbyrå (Ed.): Svalbardstatistikk 2005 . PDC Tangen, Oslo / Kongsvinger 2005, ISBN 82-537-6809-5 , p. 136 ( online (PDF; 6.8 MiB) [accessed September 24, 2015] in English / Norwegian).
- ↑ a b c barrier top . In: The Place Names of Svalbard (first edition 1942). Norsk Polarinstitutt , Oslo 2001, ISBN 82-90307-82-9 (English, Norwegian).
- ^ Spitsbergen East. (No longer available online.) In: svalbard-images.com. Svalbard Images, archived from the original on August 9, 2009 ; accessed on June 25, 2014 (English).
- ↑ Perriertoppen on Peakbagger.com (English)
- ↑ Petter Bjørstad: Svalbard Trip Report, April 21, 2013 - May 5, 2013. Retrieved June 25, 2014 (English).
- ↑ 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 .