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Ikersuaq, old spelling ''Ikerssuak'', ( da, Bredefjord) is a
''Gazetteer of Greenland''
UBiT (Trondheim University Library),
The Magmatic and Fluid Evolution of the Motzfeldt Intrusion in South Greenland: Insights into the Formation of Agpaitic and Miaskitic Rocks
Eqalorutsit glacier entering the northern end of the Nordre Sermilik fjord in southwest Greenland
Holocene relative sea-level changes in the inner Bredefjord area, southern Greenland
Fjords of Greenland {{Greenland-geo-stub
fjord
In physical geography, a fjord or fiord () is a long, narrow inlet with steep sides or cliffs, created by a glacier. Fjords exist on the coasts of Alaska, Antarctica, British Columbia, Chile, Denmark, Germany, Greenland, the Faroe Islands, Ice ...
in southwestern 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 ...
. Administratively it is part of the Kujalleq municipality.
Geography
The Ikersuaq fjord is oriented in a roughly NE/SW direction and to the southwest its mouth opens into theJulianehab Bay
Qaqortoq, formerly Julianehåb, is a city in the Kujalleq municipality in southern Greenland, located near Cape Thorvaldsen. With a population of 3,050 in 2020, it is the most populous town and the municipal capital in southern Greenland and the ...
, Labrador Sea
The Labrador Sea (French: ''mer du Labrador'', Danish: ''Labradorhavet'') is an arm of the North Atlantic Ocean between the Labrador Peninsula and Greenland. The sea is flanked by continental shelf, continental shelves to the southwest, northwest, ...
, North Atlantic Ocean. There is a vast ice field on the northwestern side of the fjord, where there are three branches, Qaleragdlit Imâ, Kangerlua and Kangerluarsuk.
The Northern Sermilik (Nordre Sermilik) fjord is the inner section of Ikersuaq fjord. On its southern side the 1,440 m high Ilimaussaq peak rises in the peninsula to the east of the fjord. Northern Sermilik has two branches in the north with large glaciers at their heads.
Elongated Tuttutooq Island is a prolongation of the southwestern end of the peninsula forming the southern shore of Northern Sermilik. The Narsaq Sound separates the peninsula from the island on the southern shore, connecting with neighbouring Tunulliarfik
Tunulliarfik Fjord (old spelling: ''Tunugdliarfik'') is a fjord near Qaqortoq in the Kujalleq municipality in southern Greenland. It is the inner section of Skovfjord (Skovfjorden). In times of the Norse settlement in southern Greenland, it was kn ...
and Skovfjord
Tunulliarfik Fjord (old spelling: ''Tunugdliarfik'') is a fjord near Qaqortoq in the Kujalleq municipality in southern Greenland. It is the inner section of Skovfjord (Skovfjorden). In times of the Eastern Settlement, Norse settlement in southern G ...
.''Prostar Sailing Directions 2005 Greenland and Iceland Enroute'', p. 18
Bibliography
*Ivar Haug (2005)''Gazetteer of Greenland''
UBiT (Trondheim University Library),
See also
* List of fjords of GreenlandReferences
External links
The Magmatic and Fluid Evolution of the Motzfeldt Intrusion in South Greenland: Insights into the Formation of Agpaitic and Miaskitic Rocks
Eqalorutsit glacier entering the northern end of the Nordre Sermilik fjord in southwest Greenland
Holocene relative sea-level changes in the inner Bredefjord area, southern Greenland
Fjords of Greenland {{Greenland-geo-stub