Margaretatop
# Margaretatop

Margaretatop is a mountain in eastern Greenland. Administratively it is part of the Northeast Greenland National Park.

## History

At the time of Lauge Koch's 1949–51 expeditions this summit was named after Margareta Hediger by American geologist John Haller, a Fellow of the Geological Society of America.

The peak is marked as "Margaretatopp" and "Margarita Spids" in some maps. Margaretasø is a small lake in neighboring Rendal at 73°25.5′N 26°39.0′W﻿ / ﻿73.4250°N 26.6500°W﻿ / 73.4250; -26.6500 where the reflection of the mountain can be seen on its surface. This lake was named by John Haller after the same person.

## Geography

Margaretatop is the highest point of Andrée Land.

It is a roughly 2,360 m (7,740 ft) high peak that rises in the southwestern part of Andrée Land, east of the Rendal valley and northeast of the shore of the Isfjord, a northern branch of Kaiser Franz Joseph Fjord. This mountain is marked as a 7,743-foot-high (2,360 m) peak in the Defense Mapping Agency Greenland Navigation charts.

* Map of Northeastern Greenland
