Tuttulikassak
Location within Greenland
Tuttulikassak (old spelling: Tugtulikavsak, Danish : Lille Renland) is a nunatak (Greenlandic : nunataq) in Avannaata municipality in northwestern Greenland.
Tuttulikassak (old spelling: Tugtulikavsak, Danish : Lille Renland) is a nunatak (Greenlandic : nunataq) in Avannaata municipality in northwestern Greenland.
Tuttulikassak is one of several nunataks in the Melville Bay region of Greenland, where the Greenland ice sheet (Greenlandic : Sermersuaq) drains into the bay alongside its entire length apart from an occasional nunatak. [1] [2] Tuttulikassak is located on the mainland of Greenland in the northernmost part of Upernavik Archipelago, delimiting its northern end. To the east, Greenland icesheet drains southwards into Melville Bay via Hayes Glacier. [1]
Before the administrative changes on 1 January 2009 in the country, the border between the former Upernavik Municipality and the former Qaanaaq Municipality ran approximately 7.7 km (4.8 mi) to the northwest of the nunatak, through Kjer Glacier. [1] After that date both municipalities and the entire coast of Melville Bay were part of Qaasuitsup municipality. [3]
Since 1 January 2018 it has been part of Avannaata municipality.
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Inussulik Bay is a bay in the Upernavik Archipelago in Avannaata municipality in northwestern Greenland.
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Nunatarsuaq is a nunatak in Avannaata municipality in northwestern Greenland.
Nunatakassak is a nunatak in Avannaata municipality in northwestern Greenland. It is one of several nunataks in the Melville Bay region of Greenland, where the Greenland ice sheet drains into the bay alongside its entire length apart from an occasional nunatak.
Nunatakassaup Sermia is a tidewater glacier in Avannaata municipality on the northwestern shore of Greenland. It drains the Greenland ice sheet westwards into Melville Bay. The glacier front is located between the Nunatakassak nunatak in the north, and the Wandel Land nunatak in the south.
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Hayes Glacier is a tidewater glacier in the Avannaata municipality, located on the northwestern shore of Greenland.
Giesecke Glacier is a glacier in Avannaata municipality in northwestern Greenland. Its outflow is split in the center by a nunatak. Through two tongues it drains the Greenland ice sheet westwards into Kangerlussuaq Icefjord. The northern tongue reaches the fjord at 73°35′N55°36′W. The southern tongue reaches the fjord at 73°30′N55°28′W.
Nunatarsuaq is a nunatak in Avannaata municipality in northwestern Greenland.
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