Knud Rasmussen Range
The Knud Rasmussen Range (), also known as Usugdluk, is a mountain range in West Greenland. Administratively this range is part of Qeqertalik municipality. The range is named after Greenlandic/Danish polar explorer Knud Rasmussen. Geography The Knud Rasmussen Range is a low mountain chain located west of the Greenland Ice Sheet. It lies south of Tycho Brahe Lake at the terminus of J.P. Koch Glacier and north of Usulluup Sermia glacier. Its average elevation is . The Otto Nordenskjöld Valley divides the range in two parts. The area of the mountain range is uninhabited. Climate Tundra climate prevails in the Knud Rasmussen Range. The average annual temperature in the area of the range is -10 °C. The warmest month is July when the average temperature reaches 4 °C and the coldest is February when the temperature sinks to -20 °C. See also List of mountain ranges of Greenland References External links Geoview - Knud Rasmussen Bjerge Mountain ranges of Greenland