Sikuijivitteq

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Sikuijivitteq
Mogens Heinesen Fjord
Kangerdlugsuatsiak
Sikuijivitteq
Location of Sikuijivitteq
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Sikuijivitteq
Location in Greenland
Location Kujalleq, Greenland
Coordinates 62°24′N42°37′W / 62.400°N 42.617°W / 62.400; -42.617 Coordinates: 62°24′N42°37′W / 62.400°N 42.617°W / 62.400; -42.617
Type Fjord
Part of King Frederick VI Coast
Ocean/sea sources North Atlantic Ocean
Max. length45 km (28 mi)
Max. width4.7 km (2.9 mi)
Islands Ikermiit

Sikuijivitteq (Danish : Mogens Heinesen Fjord), [1] also known as Kangerdlugsuatsiak, is a fjord of the King Frederick VI Coast in the Kujalleq municipality, southeastern Greenland. [2] The name 'Mogens Heinesen' is based on Magnus Heinason, a 16th-century Faroese naval hero.

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Geography

Sikuijivitteq is located south of Timmiarmiut Fjord (Timmiarmiit Kangertivat); to the east it opens into the North Atlantic Ocean. [3] Ikermiit Island is located off the fjord's mouth. [4]

Mountains

There are high mountains rising on both sides of the fjord, becoming especially craggy towards the inner side. One of the most impressive is a dark pyramidal peak in the nunatak at the head of the fjord rising steeply to a height of 1,884 m (6,181 ft) on the southern side above the glacier at 62°30′57″N43°20′44″W / 62.51583°N 43.34556°W / 62.51583; -43.34556 .

6 km to the east in the same nunatak there is a steep mountain with multiple peaks rising to a height of 1,894 m (6,214 ft) at 62°31′20″N43°13′5″W / 62.52222°N 43.21806°W / 62.52222; -43.21806 and at the eastern end there is a massive summit rising to a height of 1,945 m (6,381 ft) above the confluence of the glaciers at 62°31′18″N43°7′2″W / 62.52167°N 43.11722°W / 62.52167; -43.11722 , but the highest is a 2,069 m (6,788 ft) glacier-topped mountain located to the west at 62°32′37″N43°23′33″W / 62.54361°N 43.39250°W / 62.54361; -43.39250 . [2]

"Morgens" Heinesen Fjord in a 1944 map of the area around Skjoldungen. Skjoldungen v2-ed.jpg
"Morgens" Heinesen Fjord in a 1944 map of the area around Skjoldungen.

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References

  1. ↑ Den grønlandske Lods - Geodatastyrelsen
  2. 1 2 GoogleEarth
  3. ↑ "Mogens Heinesen Fjord". Mapcarta. Retrieved 10 June 2016.
  4. ↑ Prostar Sailing Directions 2005 Greenland and Iceland Enroute, p. 101


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