Upernavik Icefjord (also: ''Ikeq'', ''Aappilattup Ikera'', da, Upernavik Isfjord) 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 ...

Avannaata Avannaata (, da, Det Nordlige, lit=The Northern) is a municipality of Greenland created on 1 January 2018 from the bulk of the former Qaasuitsup municipality. It encompasses an area of 522,700 km2 and has 10,726 inhabitants. Geography In ...

municipality in northwestern

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 ...

Geography

The long fjord flows to the northwest between two chains of islands, emptying into

Baffin Bay Baffin Bay ( Inuktitut: ''Saknirutiak Imanga''; kl, Avannaata Imaa; french: Baie de Baffin), located between Baffin Island and the west coast of Greenland, is defined by the International Hydrographic Organization as a marginal sea of the Arct ...

. The head of the fjord is located at the mainland of Greenland, at the front of

Upernavik Glacier Upernavik Glacier ( kl, Sermeq, da, Upernavik isstrøm) is a large tidewater glacier in Avannaata municipality on the northwestern shore of Greenland. It drains a large portion of the Greenland ice sheet The Greenland ice sheet ( da, Grønla ...

.''Upernavik'', Saga Map, 1:250.000, Tage Schjøtt, 1992 In the northeast, a chain of larger islands flank the fjord, from east to west:

Maniitsoq Island Maniitsoq Island is an island in the Qeqqata municipality in western Greenland.''Maniitsoq'', Saga Map, Tage Schjøtt, 1992 Geography The island is located on the shores of Davis Strait, separated from Sermersuut Island in the north by the ...

Puugutaa Island Puugutaa Island is an island of Greenland. It is located in Tasiusaq Bay in the Upernavik Archipelago.GoogleEarth See also *List of islands of Greenland The following is an alphabetical list of the islands of Greenland. Many of these islands ha ...

Sisuarissut Island Sisuarissut Island is an island of Greenland. It is located in Tasiusaq Bay in the Upernavik Archipelago Upernavik Archipelago is a vast coastal archipelago in the Avannaata municipality in northwestern Greenland, off the shores of northeastern B ...

Qaneq Island Qaneq Island is an island of Greenland. It is located in Tasiusaq Bay in the Upernavik Archipelago Upernavik Archipelago is a vast coastal archipelago in the Avannaata municipality in northwestern Greenland, off the shores of northeastern Baffi ...

, and

Tussaaq Island Tussaaq Island is an island of Greenland. It is located in Tasiusaq Bay in the Upernavik Archipelago. Islands of the Upernavik Archipelago {{Greenland-geo-stub ...

. The chain of islands bounding the fjord from the southwest consists of mostly small islands and

skerries A skerry is a small rocky island, usually defined to be too small for habitation. Skerry, skerries, or The Skerries may also refer to: Geography Northern Ireland * Skerries, County Armagh, a townland in County Armagh * Skerry, County Antrim, a ...

. The major islands are, from east to west:

Uilortussoq Island Uilortussoq Island is an island of Greenland. It is located in Baffin Bay in the Upernavik Archipelago Upernavik Archipelago is a vast coastal archipelago in the Avannaata municipality in northwestern Greenland, off the shores of northeastern B ...

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 Aappilattoq Island. Further to the northwest of Aappilattoq, the islands become progressively smaller.

References

Fjords of the Upernavik Archipelago {{Greenland-fjord-stub