Queen Louise Island ( da, Dronning Louise Ø) or Kissarsiitilik is an uninhabited island in the
Kujalleq
Kujalleq ( Greenlandic: , da, Den Syden, lit=The South) is a municipality on the southern tip of Greenland, operational from 1 January 2009. The administrative center of the municipality is in Qaqortoq (formerly called Julianehåb).
Creation
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municipality in southern
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 ...
.
The island was named ''Dronning Louise Ø'' after Queen
Louise of Sweden
Louise Josephine Eugenie of Sweden ( sv, Lovisa Josefina Eugenia; 31 October 1851 – 20 March 1926) was Queen of Denmark from 1906 until 1912 as the spouse of King Frederick VIII.
Born into the House of Bernadotte, Louise was the only surviv ...
(1851–1926), wife of King
Frederick VIII of Denmark
Frederick VIII ( da, Christian Frederik Vilhelm Carl; 3 June 1843 – 14 May 1912) was King of Denmark from 29 January 1906 until his death in 1912.
The eldest son of King Christian IX, nicknamed the ''Father-in-law of Europe'', Frederic ...
.
Geography
Queen Louise Island is a coastal island located off
King Frederick VI Coast
King Frederick VI Coast ( da, Kong Frederik VI Kyst) is a major geographic division of Greenland. It comprises the coastal area of Southeastern Greenland in Sermersooq and Kujalleq municipalities fronting the Irminger Sea of the North Atlantic Oce ...
in southeastern Greenland between two narrow fjords on the southern side of the mouth of
Lindenow Fjord
Lindenow Fjord or Kangerlussuatsiaq, is a fjord in the King Frederick VI Coast, Kujalleq municipality, southern Greenland. History
Igdlukulik, an archaeological site with the ruins of a former Inuit settlement lies by the shore where the Nørrear ...
. Its length is and its maximum width .
Queen Louise Island is mountainous, Nuussuaq the tallest of its three main peaks reaching in height. The island's coast is deeply indented and off its easternmost point lies the smaller island of
Kanajoorartuut.
Nanuuseq Island lies 7.7 km to the north, on the other side of the mouth of Lindenow Fjord.
Dronning Louise Ø Map
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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
Ketilidian structure and the rapakivi suite between Lindenow Fjord and Kap Farvel, South-East Greenland
Uninhabited islands of Greenland
Kujalleq
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