Timmiarmiut Fjord
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Timmiarmiut Fjord (old spelling 'Tingmiarmiut Fjord'; kl, Timmiarmiit Kangertivat)) is a
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of the
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in the
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municipality, southeastern
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Geography

Timmiarmiut Fjord is located north of Sikuijivitteq (Mogens Heinesen Fjord); to the east it opens into the
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with Aaluik, a 220 m high island by the shore of the large Timmiarmiit island, off the northern side of its mouth. On the southern side of its mouth lies the island of Immikkoortukajik and further east at the entrance 643 m high Uttorsiutit Island. The inner part of Timmiarmiut Fjord is a fjord system with a pattern of large tributary fjords branching to the north, the main ones being the Hanseraq Fjord and the Ernineq Fjord. These fjord branches are often blocked by ice floes discharged from the active glaciers at the head, among which the Heimdal Glacier deserves mention. The Garm glacier in the north has two branches near its terminus, one flowing southwards into the Ernineq Fjord of the Timmiarmiut fjord system and the other eastwards into the Sikuijuitsoq, a branch of the Sehested Fjord (Uummannap Kangertiva) located north of the Timmiarmiut fjord system.


Mountains

The Snehatten, a high prominent peak, rises above the northern shore of the inner part of the fjord at .
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See also

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List of fjords of Greenland This is a list of the most important fjords of Greenland:In Northern Greenland, a large area made up entirely of fjords; therefore Peary Land above not a fjord but a fjord area.In Northeastern Greenland, a large area made up entirely of fjo ...


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Weather statistics for Timmiarmiut Fjord (Greenland)NASA - Heimdal Glacier
Fjords of Greenland {{Greenland-fjord-stub