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Ammassalik Fjord
Steep shoreline of the fjord
Ammassalik Fjord is located in Greenland
Ammassalik Fjord
Ammassalik Fjord
Location within Greenland
LocationArctic
Coordinates65°50′N 37°3′W / 65.833°N 37.050°W / 65.833; -37.050
Ocean/sea sourcesNorth Atlantic Ocean
Basin countriesGreenland
Max. length41 km (25.5 mi)

Ammassalik Fjord (old spelling: Angmagssalik Fjord) is a 41 km (25.5 mi) long fjord in the Sermersooq municipality in southeastern Greenland.

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Ammassalik Fjord

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Ammassalik Fjord (old spelling: Angmagssalik Fjord) is a 41 km (25.5 mi) long fjord in the Sermersooq municipality in southeastern Greenland. The head...

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Ammassalik Island

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Sermilik Fjord in the west and the Ikaasartivaq Strait in the northeast. To the east and southeast, the progressively wider southern half of the Ammassalik Fjord...

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List of fjords of Greenland

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important fjords of Greenland: Alanngorsuaq Fjord Aleqatsiaq Fjord Alluitsup Kangerlua (Lichtenau Fjord) Ameralik Fjord Amerloq Fjord Ammassalik Fjord Ananap...

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Sermersooq

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formation: Ammassalik Municipality Ittoqqortoormiit Municipality Ivittuut Municipality Nuuk Municipality Paamiut Municipality Tasiilaq (Ammassalik) Kuummiit...

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Johan Petersen Fjord

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Johan Petersen (1813–1880). This fjord is located on the western shore of Sermilik (Sermiligaaq), near Tasiilaq (Ammassalik), about 20 km (12 mi) north of...

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Sermilik

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the southern end of King Christian IX Land, west of Ammassalik Fjord. It is one of the largest fjords in the southeastern coast of Greenland. Its waters...

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Tasiilaq

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coast of Ammassalik Island, on the shore of a natural harbour in Tasiilaq Fjord, named Kong Oscars Havn by Alfred Gabriel Nathorst in 1883. The fjord is an...

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Ammassalik wooden maps

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Ammassalik wooden maps are carved, tactile maps of the Greenlandic coastlines. In the 1880s, Gustav Holm led an expedition to the Ammassalik coast of eastern...

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Qeertartivatsiaq Island

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entrance of Sermilik Fjord on the western side, at the mouth of Johan Petersen Fjord and its eastern branch, the Stoklund Fjord which lies between the...

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Kuummiit

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inhabitants in 2020. The settlement is located on the eastern shore of the Ammassalik Fjord, approximately 40 km (25 mi) to the northeast of Tasiilaq and 34 km...

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Torsuut Tunoq

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and smaller skerries in the northwest. The strait waterway connects Ammassalik Fjord in the northwest with the North Atlantic in the southeast, through...

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Kujalleq

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while in the case of Ammassalik Municipality, it included the coast from the fjord Kangerlussuatsiaq (in Danish Lindenow Fjord) on the old border with...

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Apusiaajik Island

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the southwest by the Torsuut Tunoq sound; from Ammassalik Island in the northwest by the Ammassalik Fjord; from Erqiliqaarteq island in the east and from...

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Kulusuk Island

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the small, uninhabited Akinaaq island, ultimately linking it to the Ammassalik Fjord in the northwest. To the south and east the island shores are washed...

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Kitak

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the seventh-largest town in Greenland, located on Ammassalik Island on the other side of the fjord about 40 km to the east-northeast. Ishavsmuseet Aarvak...

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Ikkatteq

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settlement was located on a small island in Sermilik Fjord, off the southwestern coast of Ammassalik Island, approximately 16 km (9.9 mi) to the west of...

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Tunumiit

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Greenlandic Inuit from Iivi Nunaa, Tunu in the area of Kangikajik and Ammassalik, the eastern part of Inuit Nunaat (East Greenland). The Iivit live now...

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Kangersivartikajik

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Christian IX Land, north of Tasiilaq (Ammassalik). It runs from north to south for about 9 km. Sammileq (Sammilik) Fjord branches roughly northeastwards on...

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Skjoldungen

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dwellings inside the fjord on Skjoldungen's western shore. These date back to 1938 when one hundred and fifty Inuit from Ammassalik were convinced by the...

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Mont Forel

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the Arctic Circle in the Schweizerland Alps, north of Sermilik, near Ammassalik Island. Its elevation is 3,383 metres (11,099 ft) and there is an ice...

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Kulusuk

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late 18th century, with the current town of Tasiilaq – then known as Ammassalik – surviving as the only permanent settlement in the 19th century. Population...

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King Christian IX Land

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many fjords, the largest of which are Sermilik, Kangerlussuaq and Kangertittivatsiaq, as well as numerous coastal islands, including Ammassalik which...

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King Frederick VI Coast

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which was by then depopulated. In 1938 one hundred and fifty Inuit from Ammassalik were convinced by the Danish authorities to settle in Skjoldungen's western...

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Eigil Knuth

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philosophy of a dog sledge journey, OCLC 1995 (2003). Billedhugger i Ammassalik, ISBN 87-14-29913-5 (2009). Indépendance : la philosophie du voyage en...

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Sermilik Station

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the west coast of Ammassalik Ø in East Greenland on the southern shore of Sivinganiip Kangertiva Bay, to the east of Sermilik Fjord. The nearest inhabited...

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Greenland

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or a "spirit object". Traditional art-making practices thrive in the Ammassalik. Sperm whale ivory remains a valued medium for carving. Greenland also...

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Nuussuaq

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Greenland: A comparative study of local experiences from Upernavik and Ammassalik. Danish Polar Center. pp. 104–108, 230. ISBN 978-87-635-1261-9. Upernavik...

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Qiianarteq

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65.867°N 36.650°W / 65.867; -36.650 Archipelago Ammassalik Archipelago Adjacent to Sermiligaaq Fjord Highest elevation 998 m (3274 ft) Administration...

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