Timmiarmiit

Timmiarmiit

The northern part of Timmiarmiit in the foreground, with Heimdal Glacier behind it
Interactive map of Timmiarmiit
Geography
Location	North Atlantic Ocean Southern Greenland
Coordinates	62°45′N42°10′W / 62.750°N 42.167°W / 62.750; -42.167
Area	229.3 km2 (88.5 sq mi)
Length	30 km (19 mi)
Width	16 km (9.9 mi)
Coastline	140.6 km (87.36 mi)
Highest elevation	1,300 m (4300 ft)
Highest point	Takkerne
Administration
Greenland
Municipality	Sermersooq
Demographics
Population	0

Timmiarmiit (old spelling 'Tingmiarmit') is an uninhabited island of the King Frederick VI Coast, Sermersooq municipality, southern Greenland.

Geography

The island is located at the entrance of the Timmiarmiut Fjord in a very indented area of King Frederick VI Coast in southeastern Greenland. Timmiarmiit's coastline is very irregular with a deep fjord on its eastern side that almost divides the island in two. It has an area of 229.3 km ² and a shoreline of 140.6 kilometres. ^[1] It is separated from the mainland in the north by the Timmiarmiit Tunorqútariât, a narrow sound. Off its southern shoreline lie the islands of Aaluik and Ingmikârtajivit, as well as a multitude of islets and rocks. ^[2]

The Qivítip Igtiva and Inukasingmit Paleo-Eskimo archaeological sites are located on the SW of the island —the latter on an islet off the shore— and the Sarpap Tupertivâ site on the NW headland. All former Inuit settlements on Timmiarmiit are on shoreline locations. ^[3]

'Tingmiarmiut' Island in a 1944 map of the area around Skjoldungen.

See also

• List of islands of Greenland

References

1. UNEP
2. Timmiarmiit Map
3. Distribution Map of Archaeological, Historic, Cultural and Ancient Sites sites in Greenland

External links

• Mesoproterozoic dykes in the Timmiarmiit area, Southeast Greenland: evidence for a continuous Gardar dyke swarm across Greenland’s North Atlantic Craton