Assorput Strait (old spelling: ''Agssorput'') is a strait in the

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 nort ...

system in northwestern

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 t ...

. It separates

Uummannaq Island Uummannaq Island ( kl, Uummannap qeqertaa) is a small (12 km2) island in Avannaata municipality in northwestern Greenland. Located in the south-central part of the Uummannaq Fjord, it is home to the most prominent mountain on the Arctic co ...

in the west from

Salliaruseq Island Salliaruseq Island (old spelling: ''Sagdliaruseq'', da, Storøen, translated: The-big-island) is an uninhabited

in the east.Nuussuaq, Saga Map, Tage Schjøtt, 1992 The strait waterway connects inner

Sarqarput Strait Sarqarput Strait is a strait in the Uummannaq Fjord system in northwestern Greenland. It separates Uummannaq Island in the northeast from Nuussuaq Peninsula in the southwest.Nuussuaq, Saga Map, Tage Schjøtt, 1992 The strait waterway is part of ...

in the southern arm of Uummannaq Fjord in the south with the central arm of Uummannaq Fjord in the north.

Transport

Air

On the way from Qaarsut Airport on Nuussuaq Peninsula, the helicopters of Air Greenland approach the

Uummannaq Heliport Uummannaq Heliport is a heliport in Uummannaq, a town located on Uummannaq Island in Avannaata municipality in northwestern Greenland. There are no facilities in the heliport. Airlines and destinations Air Greenland operates government contr ...

−located on the western shore of the strait−alongside the western wall of Salliaruseq, first converging to the island, to then turn 90 degrees to the west due to winds in the Assorput Strait.

Sea

The Uummannaq port occupies a small inlet of Assorput Strait in the southeastern end of the Uummannaq Island. It is not deep enough to service large cruise ships, but sufficiently deep to handle supply and fishing ships of Royal Arctic Line and

Royal Greenland Royal Greenland A/S is a fishing company in Greenland, spun off from Kalaallit Niuerfiat in 1990 but still wholly owned by the Government of Greenland. The company operates in a number of towns and settlements in Greenland, with 20 fish processi ...

, as well as motorboats and lesser fishing boats. There are several small bays between the port and Nuussuatsiaq promontory, in the vicinity of the heliport.

Photographs

File:Uummannaq-Salliaruseq.jpg, The port in Uummannaq town File:Salliaruseq.jpg, Salliaruseq Island and Assorput Strait File:Hurtigruten-fram-uummannaq.jpg, M/S Fram of Hurtigruten cannot be serviced directly by Uummannaq port due to the shallowness of the port inlet File:Uummannaq-heliport-air-greenland-bell212-landing.jpg, Air Greenland

Bell 212 The Bell 212 (also known as the ''Twin Two-Twelve'') is a two-blade, medium helicopter that first flew in 1968. Originally manufactured by Bell Helicopter in Fort Worth, Texas, United States, production was moved to Mirabel, Quebec, Canada in ...

approaches Uummannaq Heliport over Assorput Strait

References

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