Mont Forel

Mont Forel is a major peak in southeastern Greenland’s Schweizerland range, north of the Arctic Circle near Sermilik and Ammassalik Island. Rising 3,383 metres (11,099 feet), it is the highest mountain outside the Watkins Range, which includes Greenland’s tallest summit, Gunnbjørn Fjeld. Its summit is capped by an ice dome, and the Crown Prince Frederick Range extends northeast from the surrounding area. Named in 1912 by Swiss geophysicist and Arctic explorer Alfred de Quervain after his crossing of the Greenland icecap, the mountain was first recorded as climbed in 1938 by a Swiss expedition led by André Roch. It remains part of eastern Greenland’s notable high Arctic climbing landscape.

Sermersooq · Greenland