Official Fossil Plain Trail
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路线统计数据
- 距离
- 2.4 公里
- 累积高度
- 8 米
- 技术难度
- 简单
- 海拔下降
- 37 米
- 最高海拔
- 92 米
- TrailRank
- 24
- 最低海拔
- 62 米
- 路线类型
- 单程
- 坐标
- 79
- 上传日期
- 2024年3月5日
- 记录日期
- 三月 2024
邻近 Kangerlussuaq, Qeqqata (Groenlandia)
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行程描述
This trail explores an ancient marine terrace that was lifted ~40m above present sea level when the land rebounded at the end of the last glacial maximum.
Buried in the clay, you can find 7-8,000 year old “proto-fossils”. Small, fossilized clams are the most common, but if you are lucky you may find a capelin skeleton. Keep an eye out for what look like individual pieces of hardened clay to study more closely.
You can also see a reconstructed outline of Greenland’s first airstrip - marked for but ultimately not used by two American daredevils on an attempt to fly from the US to Sweden in 1928.
The trail to the Fossil Plain is not marked but follows an obvious 4x4 track along the base of the hill.
https://hiking.gl/day-hikes/kangerlussuaq/fossil-plain/
Buried in the clay, you can find 7-8,000 year old “proto-fossils”. Small, fossilized clams are the most common, but if you are lucky you may find a capelin skeleton. Keep an eye out for what look like individual pieces of hardened clay to study more closely.
You can also see a reconstructed outline of Greenland’s first airstrip - marked for but ultimately not used by two American daredevils on an attempt to fly from the US to Sweden in 1928.
The trail to the Fossil Plain is not marked but follows an obvious 4x4 track along the base of the hill.
https://hiking.gl/day-hikes/kangerlussuaq/fossil-plain/
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