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Aukarnersuaq Island
Aukarnersuaq Island (old spelling: ''Aukarnerssuaq'') is an uninhabited island in Avannaata municipality in northwestern Greenland. Geography Aukernersuaq Island is located in Tasiusaq Bay, in the north-central part of Upernavik Archipelago, on the shores of Qaaneq fjord, the innermost reaches of Kangerlussuaq Icefjord. In the north, Kangerlussuaq Icefjord separates the island from ''Kakiffait Sermiat'', the southern tongue of Giesecke Glacier on the mainland of Greenland.''Upernavik'', Saga Map, Tage Schjøtt, 1992 The innermost waterways of Tasiusaq Bay separate Aukarnersuaq from the Nunatarsuaq nunatak on the mainland in the southeast, from Qaqaarissorsuaq Island in the southwest, and Anarusuk Island Anarusuk Island is an uninhabited island in Avannaata municipality in northwestern Greenland. Geography Anarusuk Island is located in Tasiusaq Bay, in the north-central part of Upernavik Archipelago, on the shores of the inner reaches of Kanger ... in the northwest. The hig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Upernavik Archipelago
Upernavik Archipelago is a vast coastal archipelago in the Avannaata municipality in northwestern Greenland, off the shores of northeastern Baffin Bay. The archipelago extends from the northwestern coast of Sigguup Nunaa peninsula in the south at approximately Nunavik, Saga Map, 1:250.000, Tage Schjøtt, 1992 to the southern end of Melville Bay ( kl, Qimusseriarsuaq) in the north at approximately .Upernavik Avannarleq, Saga Map, 1:250.000, Tage Schjøtt, 1992 History The archipelago belongs to the earliest-settled areas of Greenland, the first migrants arriving approximately 2,000 BCE. All southbound migrations of the Inuit passed through the area, leaving behind a trail of archeological sites. The early Saqqaq culture diminished in importance around 1,000 BCE, followed by the migrants of Dorset culture, who spread alongside the coast of Baffin Bay, being in turn displaced by the Thule people in the 13th and 14th centuries. The area has been continuously inhabited since then. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greenland
Greenland ( kl, Kalaallit Nunaat, ; da, Grønland, ) is an island country in North America that is part of the Kingdom of Denmark. It is located between the Arctic and Atlantic oceans, east of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. Greenland is the world's largest island. It is one of three constituent countries that form the Kingdom of Denmark, along with Denmark and the Faroe Islands; the citizens of these countries are all citizens of Denmark and the European Union. Greenland's capital is Nuuk. Though a part of the continent of North America, Greenland has been politically and culturally associated with Europe (specifically Norway and Denmark, the colonial powers) for more than a millennium, beginning in 986.The Fate of Greenland's Vikings , by Dale Mackenzie Brown, ''Archaeological Institute of America'', ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Avannaata
Avannaata (, da, Det Nordlige, lit=The Northern) is a municipality of Greenland created on 1 January 2018 from the bulk of the former Qaasuitsup municipality. It encompasses an area of 522,700 km2 and has 10,726 inhabitants. Geography In the south, Avannaata is flanked by the Qeqertalik municipality. In the southeast, it is bordered by the Sermersooq municipality, however this border runs north–south ( 45° West meridian) through the center of the Greenland ice sheet ( kl, Sermersuaq), and as such is free of traffic. In the east and northeast it is bordered by the Northeast Greenland National Park. At the southern end of the municipal coastline are the waters of Disko Bay, although some Disko Bay communities belong to the municipality of Qeqertalik. This bay is an inlet of the larger Baffin Bay, which to the north edges into the island of Greenland in the form of Melville Bay. The coastline of northeastern Baffin Bay is dotted with islands of the Upernavik Archipela ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Island
An island (or isle) is an isolated piece of habitat that is surrounded by a dramatically different habitat, such as water. Very small islands such as emergent land features on atolls can be called islets, skerries, cays or keys. An island in a river or a lake island may be called an eyot or ait, and a small island off the coast may be called a holm. Sedimentary islands in the Ganges delta are called chars. A grouping of geographically or geologically related islands, such as the Philippines, is referred to as an archipelago. There are two main types of islands in the sea: continental and oceanic. There are also artificial islands, which are man-made. Etymology The word ''island'' derives from Middle English ''iland'', from Old English ''igland'' (from ''ig'' or ''ieg'', similarly meaning 'island' when used independently, and -land carrying its contemporary meaning; cf. Dutch ''eiland'' ("island"), German ''Eiland'' ("small island")). However, the spelling of the word ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tasiusaq Bay
Tasiusaq Bay (old spelling: ''Tasiussaq'') is a bay in the Upernavik Archipelago in the Avannaata municipality in northwestern Greenland. It is an indentation of northeastern Baffin Bay. The name of the bay derives from the name of the settlement of the same name in the bay. Geography The bay is located in the north-central part of Upernavik Archipelago, between Sugar Loaf Bay in the north, and Upernavik Icefjord in the south. At its widest − from the Cape Shackleton promontory on Apparsuit Island in the north at , to the mouth of Upernavik Icefjord in the south''Upernavik Avannarleq'', Saga Map, Tage Schjøtt, 1992''Upernavik'', Saga Map, Tage Schjøtt, 1992 − Tasiusaq Bay stretches for approximately . Islands There is a large number of islands and skerries in the bay, scattered over the entire area. They can be divides into several groups: Northern band The northernmost group of islands lies between the Nasaussap Saqqaa fjord emptying into Sugar Loaf Bay in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kangerlussuaq Icefjord
Kangerlussuaq Icefjord (old spelling: ''Kangerdlugssuaq'', da, Giesecke Isfjord) is a fjord in Avannaata municipality in northwestern Greenland. Geography The long fjord flows to the northwest between the mainland of Greenland in the northeast, and a chain of islands in the southwest: Aukarnersuaq Island, Anarusuk Island, Nuuluk Island, Qallunaat Island, and Tuttorqortooq Island. The fjord head is located at , where the southern tongue of Giesecke Glacier, named ( kl, Kakiffait Sermiat), reaches the fjord. The fjord mouth is located in the northernmost part of Tasiusaq Bay, between Tuttorqortooq Island in the southwest and Mernoq Island in the north.''Upernavik'', Saga Map, 1:250.000, Tage Schjøtt, 1992 Qaaneq Fjord The innermost portion of the fjord bears a different name: ''Qaaneq'' (old spelling: ''Qâneq''). It is an inner extension of Kangerlussuaq Icefjord, with the flow from one to the other disrupted by the Kakiffait Sermiat glacier tongue. If the length of both ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giesecke Glacier
Giesecke Glacier ( da, Giesecke brær) is a glacier in Avannaata municipality in northwestern Greenland. Its outflow is split in the center by a nunatak. Through two tongues it drains the Greenland ice sheet westwards into Kangerlussuaq Icefjord Kangerlussuaq Icefjord (old spelling: ''Kangerdlugssuaq'', da, Giesecke Isfjord) is a fjord in Avannaata municipality in northwestern Greenland. Geography The long fjord flows to the northwest between the mainland of Greenland in the northeas ....''Upernavik'', Saga Map, Tage Schjøtt, 1992 The northern tongue ( kl, Qeqertarsuup Sermia) reaches the fjord at . The southern tongue ( kl, Kakiffait Sermiat) reaches the fjord at . References Tasiusaq Bay Glaciers of the Upernavik Archipelago {{Greenland-glacier-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nunatarsuaq (Tasiusaq Bay)
Nunatarsuaq (old spelling: ''Nunatarssuaq'') is a nunatak ( kl, nunataq) in Avannaata municipality in northwestern Greenland. Geography Nunatarsuaq is one of several nunataks in the Upernavik Archipelago, and one of the few named nunataks in Tasiusaq Bay. To the north, it is bounded by Qaaneq fjord, the innermost waterway of Kangerlussuaq Icefjord. To the west, the innermost waterways of Tasiusaq Bay separate it from Aukarnersuaq Island. To the southeast, the Nunatakassaup Sermia (Tasiusaq Bay), Nunatakassaup Sermia glacier drains the Greenland ice sheet ( kl, Sermersuaq) into Tasiusaq Bay.''Upernavik'', Saga Map, Tage Schjøtt, 1992 The highest point on the island is an unnamed peak of . References {{Upernavik Archipelago Nunataks of Greenland Tasiusaq Bay Upernavik Archipelago ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nunatak
A nunatak (from Inuit ''nunataq'') is the summit or ridge of a mountain that protrudes from an ice field or glacier that otherwise covers most of the mountain or ridge. They are also called glacial islands. Examples are natural pyramidal peaks. When rounded by glacial action, smaller rock promontories may be referred to as rognons. The word is of Greenlandic origin and has been used in English since the 1870s. Description The term is typically used in areas where a permanent ice sheet is present and the nunataks protrude above the sheet.J. J. Zeeberg, ''Climate and Glacial History of the Novaya Zemlya Archipelago, Russian Arctic''. pp. 82–84 Nunataks present readily identifiable landmark reference points in glaciers or ice caps and are often named. While some nunataks are isolated, sometimes they form dense clusters, such as Queen Louise Land in Greenland. Nunataks are generally angular and jagged, which hampers the formation of glacial ice on their tops, although snow can a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Qaqaarissorsuaq Island
Qaqaarissorsuaq Island (old spelling: ''Qaqârigssorssuaq'') is an uninhabited island in Avannaata municipality in northwestern Greenland. Geography The egg-shaped Qaqaarissorsuaq Island is located in Tasiusaq Bay, in the central part of Upernavik Archipelago. The inner waterways of the bay separate it from the surrounding islands: Ateqanngitsorsuaq Island in the southwest, Tasiusaq Island in the west through the Simiuttap Ikerasaa strait, Anarusuk Island in the north, Aukarnersuaq Island Aukarnersuaq Island (old spelling: ''Aukarnerssuaq'') is an uninhabited island in Avannaata municipality in northwestern Greenland. Geography Aukernersuaq Island is located in Tasiusaq Bay, in the north-central part of Upernavik Archipelago, on ... in the northeast, and small islands and skerries in the south and southeast.''Upernavik'', Saga Map, Tage Schjøtt, 1992 The island has an undeveloped shoreline. It is mountainous throughout, with a large lake occupying the central plateau at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anarusuk Island
Anarusuk Island is an uninhabited island in Avannaata municipality in northwestern Greenland. Geography Anarusuk Island is located in Tasiusaq Bay, in the north-central part of Upernavik Archipelago, on the shores of the inner reaches of Kangerlussuaq Icefjord, which in the northeast separates it from Giesecke Glacier on the mainland of Greenland.''Upernavik'', Saga Map, Tage Schjøtt, 1992 The island is separated from Nuuluk Island in the northwest by a small ''Ikerasaarsuk'' channel, from Aappilattoq Island (Tasiusaq Bay), Aappilattoq Island in the west by a small channel of the same name, and by the inner waterways of Tasiusaq Bay from Aukarnersuaq Island in the southeast and Qaqaarissorsuaq Island in the south. Coastline The coastline of the island is developed, with many inlets indenting the coastline in the west. Promontories References {{Upernavik Archipelago Anarusuk Uninhabited islands of Greenland Tasiusaq Bay Islands of the Upernavik Archipelago ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Uninhabited Islands Of Greenland
The list of uninhabited regions includes a number of places around the globe. The list changes year over year as human beings migrate into formerly uninhabited regions, or migrate out of formerly inhabited regions. List As a group, the list of uninhabited places are called the "nonecumene". This is a special geography term which means the uninhabited area of the world. * Virtually all of the Ocean *Virtually all of Antarctica *Most of The Arctic *Most of Greenland *Most of The Sahara * Antipodes Islands * Ashmore and Cartier Islands * Bajo Nuevo Bank * Baker Island * Ball's Pyramid * Balleny Islands * Big Major Cay * Bouvet Island * Much of the interior of Brazil * Caroline Island * Clipperton Island * The semi-arid regions and deserts of Australia * Devon Island * Much of Eastern Oregon * Elephant Island * Elobey Chico * Ernst Thälmann Island * Much of Fiordland, New Zealand * Goa Island * Gough Island * Hans Island * Harmil * Hashima Island * Hatutu * Heard Island and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
