Ensomheden, meaning 'Loneliness' in the
Danish language, is an uninhabited island in southeastern
Greenland. Administratively it is part of the
Sermersooq municipality.
The weather of the island is characterized by
tundra climate.
Geography
Ensomheden is an island in the
Bernstorff Fjord of the
King Frederick VI Coast, located between the
Odinland
Odinland ( da, Odin Land), also ''Odinsland'' in the Defense Mapping Agency Greenland Navigation charts, is a peninsula in the King Frederick VI Coast, southeastern Greenland. It is a part of the Sermersooq municipality.
The peninsula is fully e ...
Peninsula to the north and the
Thorland Peninsula to the south. It lies within the fjord, about from its mouth in the
North Atlantic Ocean.
The waters around the island are mostly clogged by ice calved by the active glaciers at the head of the fjord.
[''Prostar Sailing Directions 2005 Greenland and Iceland Enroute'', p. 102]
The island is long with a maximum width of .
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Bibliography
*Spencer Apollonio, ''Lands That Hold One Spellbound: A Story of East Greenland'', 2008
See also
*
List of islands of Greenland
The following is an alphabetical list of the islands of Greenland. Many of these islands have both a Kalaallisut language name and a European language name.
Islands and archipelagoes
* Aaluik
* Aasiaat Archipelago
* Achton Friis Islands
* A ...
References
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External links
Picture of Ensomheden in the middle of Bernstorff FjordEvidence for the asynchronous retreat of large outlet glaciers in southeast Greenland at the end of the last glaciationDen grønlandske Lods - Sejladsanvisninger ØstgrønlandGazetteer of Greenland
Uninhabited islands of Greenland
Sermersooq