Sermitsiaq Island ( da, Sadelø) is an uninhabited island in the
Sermersooq municipality 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 ...
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Geography
Sermitsiaq is one of three mountainous islands located in the middle section
of the long
fjord, to the north of
Nuuk, the capital of Greenland. The two sibling islands are
Qeqertarsuaq Island
Disko Island ( kl, Qeqertarsuaq, da, Diskoøen) is a large island in Baffin Bay, off the west coast of Greenland. It has an area of , and
Qoornuup Qeqertarsua Island
Qoornup Qeqertarsua Island ( da, Bjørneøen) is an uninhabited island in the Sermersooq municipality in southwestern Greenland.
Geography
Qoornup Qeqertarsua is one of three mountainous islands located in the middle run of the Nuup Kangerlua f ...
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The prominent
Sermitsiaq Sermitsiaq may refer to:
*Sermitsiaq (mountain), on Sermitsiaq Island
* ''Sermitsiaq'' (newspaper), a Greenlandic newspaper
*Sermitsiaq Island, in the Nuup Kangerlua fjord, Greenland
*Sermitsiaq Glacier
Sermitsiaq Glacier is a tidewater glacier i ...
mountain topping the island is a landmark of Nuuk, visible from most places in the city.
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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Uninhabited islands of Greenland