Gunnbjørn Fjeld

At an elevation of 3,694 m (12,119 ft.), and with a prominence of 3,694 m (12,119 ft.), visitors will find Ultra mountain, Gunnbjørn Fjeld situated in Semersooq, Greenland. Gunnbjørn Fjeld is the highest mountain in Greenland, but also the highest mountain located north of the Arctic circle.

Gunnbjørn Fjeld is a nunatak due to its rocky peak which sticks out of from under a glacial ice sheet. A nunatak is an exposed, uncovered element of a ridge, mountain or peak, that is not covered in snow, and is mostly rocky in appearance. A nunatak appears near a glacier or ice field.

Gunnbjörn Ulfsson, a Norwegian settler in the 10th century first spotted Greenland. Several place names commemorate his achievements, including Gunnbjørn Fjeld.

The name then also refers to the Norse, Hvitserk, or “white shirt” of the Icelandic Sagas. These 9th, 10th and 11th-century sagas are prose and stories about the historical events that took place in Iceland. Among them is recorded the legend of how Gunnbjörn sailed from Norway to Iceland, and how his ship was blown off course. In the process (approximately between 876 and 932) Gunnbjörn and his team of sailors spotted Greenland.