Official Fossil Plain Trail
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Trail stats
- Distance
- 1.49 mi
- Elevation gain
- 26 ft
- Technical difficulty
- Easy
- Elevation loss
- 121 ft
- Max elevation
- 301 ft
- TrailRank
- 23
- Min elevation
- 203 ft
- Trail type
- One Way
- Coordinates
- 79
- Uploaded
- March 5, 2024
- Recorded
- March 2024
near Kangerlussuaq, Qeqqata (Groenlandia)
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Itinerary description
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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