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Geography of Uummannaq Fjord

Uummannaq Fjord is a large fjord system in the northern part of western Greenland, the largest after Kangertittivaq fjord in eastern Greenland. It has a roughly south-east to west-north-west orientation, emptying into the Baffin Bay in the northwest.

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Uummannaq Fjord

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Uummannaq Fjord is a large fjord system in the northern part of western Greenland, the largest after Kangertittivaq fjord in eastern Greenland. It has...

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Uummannaq

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Uummannaq. Uummannaq is located 590 kilometres north of the Arctic Circle on Uummannaq Island located in the south-central arm of the Uummannaq Fjord...

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Uummannaq Island

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south-central part of the Uummannaq Fjord, it is home to the most prominent mountain on the Arctic coast of western Greenland and to Uummannaq, the largest town...

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Air Greenland

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and established Greenlandair Charter. Mining at Maamorilik in the Uummannaq Fjord required still more helicopters, and the airline purchased Bell 206s...

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Nunavik Peninsula

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separates two cultural and geographical regions of northwestern Greenland: Uummannaq Fjord region in the southeast, and Upernavik Archipelago in the north. The...

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Avannaata

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(Øen) Saqqaq (Solsiden) Qaanaaq (Thule) Qeqertat Savissivik Siorapaluk Uummannaq (Omenak) Ikerasak Illorsuit Niaqornat Nuugaatsiaq Qaarsut Saattut Ukkusissat...

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Talerua Island

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northwestern Greenland, located in the southeastern part of Uummannaq Fjord, at the mouth of Ikerasak Fjord, its innermost section. The island has an elongated...

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Appat Island

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Greenland. At 211 km2 (81.5 sq mi), it is one of the larger islands in the Uummannaq Fjord system, located in its north-central part. It is the site of the former...

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Uummannaq Heliport

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Greenland operates government contract flights to villages in the Uummannaq Fjord region. These mostly cargo flights are not featured in the timetable...

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Ritenbenck

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municipality in northwestern Greenland. The island is located in the Uummannaq Fjord. Ritenbenck was founded in 1755 by the General Trade Company. The name...

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Ikerasak Island

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northwestern Greenland, located in the southeastern part of Uummannaq Fjord, at the mouth of Ikerasak Fjord, its innermost section. The island has an elongated...

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Torsukattak Strait

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municipality in northwestern Greenland. Located in the northeastern part of Uummannaq Fjord, it separates the Ukkusissat Peninsula in the northeast from Appat...

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Sarqarput Strait

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Sarqarput Strait is a strait in the Uummannaq Fjord system in northwestern Greenland. It separates Uummannaq Island in the northeast from Nuussuaq Peninsula...

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Assorput Strait

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spelling: Agssorput) is a strait in the Uummannaq Fjord system in northwestern Greenland. It separates Uummannaq Island in the west from Salliaruseq Island...

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Perlerfiup Kangerlua

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Kangerdlua) is a fjord in Avannaata municipality in northwestern Greenland. It is a tributary fjord of the larger Uummannaq Fjord system. The fjord head at approximately...

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Salleq Island

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northwestern Greenland. It is located in the north-central part of the Uummannaq Fjord. The walls of the island feature characteristic multicolor bands of...

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Salliaruseq Island

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islands in the Uummannaq Fjord system, located in its central part due east of Uummannaq Island. Air Greenland helicopters approach Uummannaq Heliport on...

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Sisimiut

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commercial port towards smaller settlements in more remote regions of Uummannaq Fjord, Upernavik Archipelago, and as far as Qaanaaq in northern Greenland...

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Nuugaatsiaq

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an island off the southern coast of Sigguup Nunaa peninsula, in the Uummannaq Fjord basin. It had 84 inhabitants in 2010, but was abandoned after a tsunami...

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Illorsuit

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northeastern shore of Illorsuit Island − northwest of Uummannaq at the mouth of the Uummannaq Fjord − the settlement had 91 inhabitants in 2010. It was...

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Saattut

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Saattut Island, southeast of Appat Island and northeast of Uummannaq in the Uummannaq Fjord system, the settlement had 226 inhabitants in 2020. Air Greenland...

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Niaqornat

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the northern coast of the Nuussuaq Peninsula, with a wide view over Uummannaq Fjord. It had 35 inhabitants in 2020. Fishing is the mainstay of the economy...

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Ikerasak

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from Uummannaq, at the southeastern end of Ikerasak Island in the northwestern part of Ikerasak Fjord, where it widens into the inner part of Uummannaq Fjord...

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Qaasuitsup

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(currently in Qeqertalik) Qeqertarsuaq Municipality (currently in Qeqertalik) Uummannaq Municipality (currently in Avannaata) Upernavik Municipality (currently...

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Ukkusissat

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the Uummannaq Fjord system. To the north of the settlement, Perlerfiup Kangerlua, a large inner fjord empties into the main branch of Uummannaq Fjord. To...

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List of fjords of Greenland

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Fjord (Disko Bay) Tunulliarfik Fjord Qooroq Fjord Tuttilik Ukkusissat Fjord Upernavik Icefjord Uummannaq Fjord Uunartoq Fjord Vahl Fjord Vedel Fjord Wolstenholme...

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Qilakitsoq

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near the city of Uummannaq on the northern coast of the Nuussuaq peninsula (Greenlandic: Big Cape) in a sheltered cover of the Karrat Fjord. The Greenlandic...

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Akuliaruseq Peninsula

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Avannaata municipality in northwestern Greenland. It is located in the Uummannaq Fjord region. It was visited by an Italian expedition in 1974. It is located...

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