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Inner Kitsissut (, old spelling Indre Kitsigsut) is an island group in the
Kujalleq Kujalleq (Greenlandic language, Greenlandic: , ) is a municipality on the southern tip of Greenland, operational from 1 January 2009. The administrative center of the municipality is in Qaqortoq (formerly called JulianehÄb). Creation The munic ...
municipality in southern
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Geography

Inner Kitsissut is located at the mouth of
Coppermine Bay Alanngorsuaq Fjord, also known as Coppermine Bay (), is a fjord in the Kujalleq municipality in southern Greenland. At the mouth of the fjord the coastline of southwestern Greenland turns to the east towards Qaqortoq. Geography Alanngorsuaq Fj ...
on the southern side, at a minimum distance of 2 km from the shore. It is a compact cluster of small islets and rocks, with a length of 9 km and a width of 6 km. Tulugartalik, the largest islet of the group, has a maximum length of 1.1 km and a height of 58 m. The
Outer Kitsissut Outer Kitsissut (, old spelling Ydre Kitsigsut), also known as Thorstein Islands or Torstein Islands, is an island group in the Kujalleq municipality in southern Greenland. Geography Outer Kitsissut is located to the west-north-west of Cape Deso ...
group lies to the southwest of the southern end of the cluster.
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See also

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List of islands of Greenland The following is an alphabetical list of the islands of Greenland. Many of these islands have both a Kalaallisut language name and a Indo-European languages, European language name. Islands and archipelagoes *Aaluik *Aasiaat *Achton Friis Is ...


References

{{Reflist Uninhabited islands of Greenland Kujalleq