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Kiatassuaq Island
Kiatassuaq Island (old spelling: ''Kiatagssuaq'', da, Holm Ø, Holm Island) is an uninhabited island in the northern Upernavik Archipelago in Avannaata municipality in northwestern Greenland. It marks the southern border of Melville Bay. History The name of the island means "''a large torso''" in the Greenlandic language. Initially, before the northbound migration phase of the 1920s, the island was named differently: "''Nuussuaq Ungalleq''", or ''the farther large point'', in reference to Nuussuaq Peninsula and Nuussuaq settlement some 45 kilometers to the south, with both names translating as "''large tip''". Its Danish name 'Holm Ø' ('Holm Island') had been given in honour of officer of the Danish Navy and Arctic explorer Gustav Holm (1849 – 1940). Geography Located in the southern part of Melville Bay, Kiatassuaq Island has an elongated shape, with an east–west orientation. It has an area of , with a shoreline of . Kullorsuaq is the closest settlement to Kiatassuaq ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iceberg
An iceberg is a piece of freshwater ice more than 15 m long that has broken off a glacier or an ice shelf and is floating freely in open (salt) water. Smaller chunks of floating glacially-derived ice are called "growlers" or "bergy bits". The sinking of the ''Titanic'' in 1912 led to the formation of the International Ice Patrol in 1914. Much of an iceberg is below the surface, which led to the expression " tip of the iceberg" to illustrate a small part of a larger unseen issue. Icebergs are considered a serious maritime hazard. Icebergs vary considerably in size and shape. Icebergs that calve from glaciers in Greenland are often irregularly shaped while Antarctic ice shelves often produce large tabular (table top) icebergs. The largest iceberg in recent history (2000), named B-15, measured nearly 300 km × 40 km. The largest iceberg on record was an Antarctic tabular iceberg of over [] sighted west of Scott Island, in the South Pacific Ocean, by the USS Glacie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sanningassorsuaq Peninsula
Sanningassorsuaq Peninsula (old spelling: ''Sáningassorssuaq'') is a mainland peninsula in northwestern Greenland, located at the northern end of Upernavik Archipelago.''Upernavik Avannarleq'', Saga Map, 1:250.000, Tage Schjøtt, 1992 Geography The Sanningassorsuaq Peninsula is long, and wide. The highest point is an unnamed summit at in its central part. The base of the peninsula is a nunatak located at , and rising to above the Greenland ice sheet ( kl, Sermersuaq) reaching the sea level to the south and north of the nunatak. The peninsula has a west–east orientation, jutting into Inussulik Bay Inussulik Bay ( kl, Inussullip Imaa, old spelling: ''Inugsugdlip Imâ'') is a bay in the Upernavik Archipelago in Avannaata municipality in northwestern Greenland. Geography The bay is located in the northern part of Upernavik Archipelago, bet ... to the west. It is separated from the Kiatassuaq and Milissua islands in the north by the narrow Ikerasaa Strait. In the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lake
A lake is an area filled with water, localized in a basin, surrounded by land, and distinct from any river or other outlet that serves to feed or drain the lake. Lakes lie on land and are not part of the ocean, although, like the much larger oceans, they do form part of the Earth's water cycle. Lakes are distinct from lagoons, which are generally coastal parts of the ocean. Lakes are typically larger and deeper than ponds, which also lie on land, though there are no official or scientific definitions. Lakes can be contrasted with rivers or streams, which usually flow in a channel on land. Most lakes are fed and drained by rivers and streams. Natural lakes are generally found in mountainous areas, rift zones, and areas with ongoing glaciation. Other lakes are found in endorheic basins or along the courses of mature rivers, where a river channel has widened into a basin. Some parts of the world have many lakes formed by the chaotic drainage patterns left over from the la ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Inussulik Bay
Inussulik Bay ( kl, Inussullip Imaa, old spelling: ''Inugsugdlip Imâ'') is a bay in the Upernavik Archipelago in Avannaata municipality in northwestern Greenland. Geography The bay is located in the northern part of Upernavik Archipelago, between Kiatassuaq Island in the north and Nuussuaq Peninsula in the south.''Upernavik Avannarleq'', Saga Map, Tage Schjøtt, 1992 It is an arch-shaped indentation of Baffin Bay, sometimes included as part of Melville Bay, although commonly the southern limit of latter is defined as Wilcox Head, the western cape of Kiatassuaq Island. At its widest − from the Wilcox Head promontory on Kiatassuaq Island to the Tinumanersuaq cape on Nuussuaq Peninsula − Inussulik Bay stretches for . The length of the bay reaches its maximum of at the point where the Greenland ice sheet ( kl, Sermersuaq) drains into the bay via the Illullip Sermia glacier. Islands Kiatassuaq Island is the largest island in the bay, forming its northern boundary. Unlike ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wilcox Head
Wilcox Head is a cape in Avannaata municipality in northwestern Greenland. Geography The cape is the western promontory on Kiatassuaq Island,''Upernavik Avannarleq'', Saga Map, Tage Schjøtt, 1992 delimiting the southern end of Melville Bay, with the other end defined as Cape York, to the northwest, in northern Baffin Bay. An alternative endpoint for the bay is Nuussuup Nuua, the western promontory on Nuussuaq Peninsula Nuussuaq Peninsula (, old spelling: ''Nûgssuaq'') is a large (180x48 km) peninsula in western Greenland. Geography The waters around the peninsula are that of Baffin Bay. To the south and southwest the peninsula is bounded by Disko Bay, .... References {{Upernavik Archipelago Headlands of Greenland Inussulik Bay Melville Bay Upernavik Archipelago ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kullorsuaq Island
Kullorsuaq Island (old spelling: ''Kuvdlorssuaq'') is an island in the Avannaata municipality in northwestern Greenland. The name of the island means "''a big thumb''" in the Greenlandic language. Geography Part of the Upernavik Archipelago, Kullorsuaq Island is located in the southern part of Melville Bay, to the north of the much larger Kiatassuaq Island, and to the northwest of the mouth of Saqqarlersuup Sullua strait. A small Ikerasaa strait separates the island from the uninhabited Saqqarlersuaq Island in the east.''Upernavik Avannarleq'', Saga Map, Tage Schjøtt, 1992 Devil's Thumb The island is rocky throughout, with a large landmark pinnacle occupying its center, the Devil's Thumb, from which the island derives its name. Settlement Home to the Kullorsuaq settlement, the island is one of the few inhabited islands in the Upernavik Archipelago, and the only such island in its northern part. The closest settlements are Nuussuaq, to the south, and Savissivik, t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saqqarlersuaq Island
Saqqarlersuaq Island (old spelling: ''Sarqardlerssuaq'') is an uninhabited island in Avannaata municipality in northwestern Greenland. Part of the Upernavik Archipelago, Saqqarlersuaq Island is located in the southern part of Melville Bay. Geography In the south, Saqqarlersuaq Island is separated from the much larger Kiatassuaq Island by the Saqqarlersuup Sullua strait. The strait connects the open waters of Melville Bay in the west with the outlet of Alison Bay in the northeast.''Upernavik Avannarleq'', Saga Map, Tage Schjøtt, 1992 A small ''Ikerasaa Strait'' separates the island from Kullorsuaq Island in the northwest, home to the Kullorsuaq Kullorsuaq (, old spelling: ''Kuvdlorssuaq'') is a settlement in the Avannaata municipality in northwestern Greenland. It is the northernmost settlement in the Upernavik Archipelago, located on Kullorsuaq Island at the southern end of Melville Bay ... settlement, the northernmost settlement in the archipelago. The highest point o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saqqarlersuup Sullua
Saqqarlersuup Sullua (old spelling: ''Sarqardlersûp Suvdlua'') is a strait in the Upernavik Archipelago in Avannaata municipality in northwestern Greenland. Geography The strait is long and less than wide. Located in the northern part of Upernavik Archipelago, it is an inner waterway of Melville Bay, linking Alison Bay in the northeast with the open waters of the former in the west. The strait separates Kiatassuaq Island in the south from Saqqarlersuaq Island Saqqarlersuaq Island (old spelling: ''Sarqardlerssuaq'') is an uninhabited island in Avannaata municipality in northwestern Greenland. Part of the Upernavik Archipelago, Saqqarlersuaq Island is located in the southern part of Melville Bay. Geog ... in the north.''Upernavik Avannarleq'', Saga Map, Tage Schjøtt, 1992 References {{coord, 74, 32, 30, N, 56, 56, 00, W, scale:500000, display=title Melville Bay Straits of the Upernavik Archipelago ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nunatak
A nunatak (from Inuit language, Inuit ''nunataq'') is the summit or ridge of a mountain that protrudes from an ice field or glacier that otherwise covers most of the mountain or ridge. They are also called glacial islands. Examples are natural pyramidal peaks. When rounded by glacial action, smaller rock promontories may be referred to as rognons. The word is of Greenlandic language, Greenlandic origin and has been used in English since the 1870s. Description The term is typically used in areas where a permanent ice sheet is present and the nunataks protrude above the sheet.J. J. Zeeberg, ''Climate and Glacial History of the Novaya Zemlya Archipelago, Russian Arctic''. pp. 82–84 Nunataks present readily identifiable landmark reference points in glaciers or ice caps and are often named. While some nunataks are isolated, sometimes they form dense clusters, such as Queen Louise Land in Greenland. Nunataks are generally angular and jagged, which hampers the formation of glacial i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wandel Land
Wandel Land is a nunatak ( kl, nunataq) in Avannaata municipality in northwestern Greenland. It is one of several nunataks in the Melville Bay region of Greenland, where the Greenland ice sheet ( kl, Sermersuaq) drains into the bay alongside its entire length apart from an occasional nunatak.''Upernavik Avannarleq'', Saga Map, Tage Schjøtt, 1992''Qimmsseriarsuaq'', Saga Map, Tage Schjøtt, 1992 This nunatak is named after Danish polar explorer and hydrographer, Vice Admiral Carl Frederick Wandel (1843-1930). Geography Wandel Land is located on the mainland of Greenland in the northernmost part of Upernavik Archipelago. To the north, Greenland ice sheet drains into Alison Bay via Nunatakassaup Sermia glacier. To the southwest, the nunatak is bounded by the iceberg-choked Alison Bay, while a small inlet of the latter, ''Iterlassuaq'', separates Wandel Land from another, smaller nunatak in the southeast. Alison Bay separates Wandel Land from a large Kiatassuaq Island Kia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alison Bay
Alison Bay ( kl, Kullorsuup Kangerlua) is a bay in Avannaata municipality in northwestern Greenland. The bay is a tributary bay of Melville Bay, and is located in the northern part of Upernavik Archipelago, between Kiatassuaq Island in the southwest and the mainland of Greenland in the northeast. Geography Alison bay is long. Part of the southern Melville Bay region, the bay is frozen for most of the year. In the northeast, it is bounded by the Wandel Land nunatak, culminating in an unnamed peak. Iterlassuaq, a small indentation of the bay separates Wandel Land in the north from Qaqqasungnarsuaq − another, smaller nunatak, culminating in an unnamed peak.''Upernavik Avannarleq'', Saga Map, Tage Schjøtt, 1992 A small unnamed glacier tongue of Greenland ice sheet drains the latter into the innermost part of the bay, east of the opening of the Ikerasaa Strait. The strait flows west-south-westward between Kiatassuaq Island in the north, and Sanningassorsuaq Peninsula San ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ikerasaa Strait
Ikerasaa Strait (old spelling: ''Ikerasâ'') is a strait in the Upernavik Archipelago in Avannaata municipality in northwestern Greenland. The strait separates Kiatassuaq Island in the north from the mainland Sanningassorsuaq Peninsula in the south.''Upernavik Avannarleq'', Saga Map, Tage Schjøtt, 1992 The name of the strait is the local dialect version of ''ikerasak'', a generic word for 'strait' in the Greenlandic language. Geography The strait is long and at most wide. Located in the northern part of Upernavik Archipelago, it is an inner waterway of Inussulik Bay, linking it with Alison Bay in the northeast. In the northwest, the strait is bounded by the mountainous Kiatassuaq Island. In the northwest, the strait splits into two channels, with the small Milissua Island straddling the middle. The northern channel is very narrow, and both channels often choked with icebergs from the Greenland ice sheet ( kl, Sermersuaq) reaching the waterline at the east end of the str ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
