Ensomheden

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Ensomheden
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Ensomheden
Geography
Location North Atlantic Ocean
Southeastern Greenland
Coordinates 63°43′30″N41°13′45″W / 63.72500°N 41.22917°W / 63.72500; -41.22917
Length3.2 km (1.99 mi)
Width1.5 km (0.93 mi)
Highest elevation209 m (686 ft)
Administration
Greenland
Municipality Sermersooq
Demographics
Population0

Ensomheden, meaning 'Loneliness' in the Danish language, is an uninhabited island in southeastern Greenland. Administratively it is part of the Sermersooq municipality. The weather of the island is characterized by tundra climate. [1]

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Geography

Ensomheden is an island in the Bernstorff Fjord of the King Frederick VI Coast, located between the Odinland Peninsula to the north and the Thorland Peninsula to the south. It lies within the fjord, about 33 kilometres (21 miles) from its mouth in the North Atlantic Ocean. [2] The waters around the island are mostly clogged by ice calved by the active glaciers at the head of the fjord. [3]

The island is 3.2 kilometres (2 miles) long with a maximum width of 1.5 kilometres (1 mile). [4]

The Bernstorff Fjord in a 1944 map of the area around Skjoldungen. Skjoldungen v2-ed.jpg
The Bernstorff Fjord in a 1944 map of the area around Skjoldungen.

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References

  1. ↑ "Ensomheden, Sermersooq (Greenland)". AccuWeather. Retrieved 8 April 2016.
  2. ↑ "Ensomheden". Mapcarta. Retrieved 8 April 2016.
  3. ↑ Prostar Sailing Directions 2005 Greenland and Iceland Enroute, p. 102
  4. ↑ GoogleEarth
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