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Pikiulleq is a bay in eastern
Greenland Greenland ( kl, Kalaallit Nunaat, ; da, Grønland, ) is an island country in North America that is part of the Kingdom of Denmark. It is located between the Arctic and Atlantic oceans, east of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. Greenland i ...
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Sermersooq Sermersooq (, da, sted med meget is, lit=place of much ice) is a municipality in Greenland, formed on 1 January 2009 from five earlier, smaller municipalities. Its administrative seat is the city of Nuuk (formerly called Godthåb), the capital ...
municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...
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Geography

Pikiulleq Bay is located at the northern end of
King Frederick VI Coast King Frederick VI Coast ( da, Kong Frederik VI Kyst) is a major geographic division of Greenland. It comprises the coastal area of Southeastern Greenland in Sermersooq and Kujalleq municipalities fronting the Irminger Sea of the North Atlantic ...
, north of the Fridtjof Nansen Peninsula and to the north of the Søren Norby Islands. Past the northeastern end of the bay, at the southern limit of
King Christian IX Land King Christian IX Land ( da, Kong Christian IX Land) is a coastal area of Southeastern Greenland in Sermersooq Municipality fronting the Denmark Strait and extending through the Arctic Circle from 65°N to 70°N. History This area was named i ...
, the coast of eastern Greenland bends in a northeastward direction that stays quite regular until
Cape Brewster Cape Brewster ( da, Kap Brewster; kl, Kangikajik, meaning 'the bad cape') is a headland in the Greenland Sea, east Greenland, Sermersooq municipalities of Greenland, municipality. History This headland was named Cape Brewster by William Scoresby ...
. In the inner part of the bay there are small fjords, the Havhesten Bay in the south, the Køge Bay (Ikeq) in the west, and the Uvkusigssaqarfik fjord in the north, past the Pamialluk headland. All these fjords have glaciers at their heads. Off the coast, on the southern side of the mouth of the bay lies small Putugua island. In the NE part of the bay there are larger islands, the largest of which is Romer Island (Rømer Ø), southeast of which is smaller Ole Romer Island (Ole Rømer Ø) lying closer to the middle of the mouth of the bay. Further to the east of the bay there are many small coastal islands, as well as the fjord named "
Comanche Bay Igtip Kangertiva, also known as Comanche Bay ( da, Comanche Bugt). is a fjord in Eastern Greenland. It is part of the Sermersooq municipality. History During World War II a weather station of the US Army Air CorpsSpencer Apollonio, ''Lands That H ...
" during WWII.''Prostar Sailing Directions 2005 Greenland and Iceland Enroute'', p. 103


See also

* Fridtjof Nansen: The Crossing of Greenland * Søren Norby Islands


References

Bays of Greenland {{Greenland-geo-stub