Timmiarmiut Fjord (old spelling 'Tingmiarmiut Fjord'; kl, Timmiarmiit Kangertivat)) is a

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 ...

of the

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 the

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municipality, southeastern

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Geography

Timmiarmiut Fjord is located north of Sikuijivitteq (Mogens Heinesen Fjord); to the east it opens into the

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with Aaluik, a 220 m high island by the shore of the large Timmiarmiit island, off the northern side of its mouth. On the southern side of its mouth lies the island of Immikkoortukajik and further east at the entrance 643 m high Uttorsiutit Island. The inner part of Timmiarmiut Fjord is a fjord system with a pattern of large tributary fjords branching to the north, the main ones being the Hanseraq Fjord and the Ernineq Fjord. These fjord branches are often blocked by ice floes discharged from the active glaciers at the head, among which the

Heimdal Glacier Heimdal Glacier ( da, Heimdal Gletscher) is a glacier in southeastern Greenland. It flows into the head of the Timmiarmiut Fjord system of the King Frederick VI Coast, northwest of the island of Timmiarmiit. Its name derives from Heimdallr, a dei ...

deserves mention. The Garm glacier in the north has two branches near its terminus, one flowing southwards into the Ernineq Fjord of the Timmiarmiut fjord system and the other eastwards into the Sikuijuitsoq, a branch of the

Sehested Fjord Sehested Fjord ( kl, Uummannap Kangertiva)) is a fjord of the King Frederick VI Coast in the Sermersooq municipality, southeastern Greenland. This fjord was named in 1829 by Lieutenant W. A. Graah after Danish Admiral Christen Thomesen Sehested. ...

(Uummannap Kangertiva) located north of the Timmiarmiut fjord system.

Mountains

The Snehatten, a high prominent peak, rises above the northern shore of the inner part of the fjord at .

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Weather statistics for Timmiarmiut Fjord (Greenland)NASA - Heimdal Glacier
Fjords of Greenland {{Greenland-fjord-stub

Geography

Mountains

See also

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