Assorput Strait (old spelling: ''Agssorput'') is a strait in the

Uummannaq Fjord Uummannaq Fjord is a large fjord system in the northern part of western Greenland, the largest after Scoresby Sund, Kangertittivaq fjord in eastern Greenland. It has a roughly south-east to west-north-west orientation, emptying into the Baffin ...

system in northwestern

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. It separates

Uummannaq Island Uummannaq Island () is a small () island in Avannaata municipality in northwestern Greenland. Located in the south-central part of the Uummannaq Fjord, it is home to the most prominent mountain on the Arctic Ocean, Arctic coast of western Greenl ...

in the west from

Salliaruseq Island Salliaruseq Island (old spelling: ''Sagdliaruseq'', , translated: The-big-island) is an uninhabitedNuussuaq, Saga Map, Tage Schjøtt, 1992 The strait waterway connects inner Sarqarput Strait in the southern arm of Uummannaq Fjord in the south with the central arm of Uummannaq Fjord in the north.

Transport

Air

On the way from

Qaarsut Airport Qaarsut Airport () is an airport in Qaarsut, a settlement on the Nuussuaq Peninsula in Avannaata municipality in northwestern Greenland. It is a primary airport with a gravel runway, capable of serving STOL aircraft of Air Greenland in all seaso ...

Nuussuaq Peninsula Nuussuaq Peninsula (, old spelling: ''Nûgssuaq'') is a large () 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, an inlet ...

, the helicopters of

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approach the

Uummannaq Heliport Uummannaq Heliport is a heliport in Uummannaq, a town located on Uummannaq Island in Avannaata municipality in northwestern Greenland. There are no facilities in the heliport. Airlines and destinations Air Greenland operates government contra ...

– located on the western shore of the strait – alongside the western wall of Salliaruseq, first converging to the island, to then turn 90 degrees to the west due to winds in the Assorput Strait.

Sea

The Uummannaq port occupies a small inlet of Assorput Strait in the southeastern end of the Uummannaq Island. It is not deep enough to service large cruise ships, but sufficiently deep to handle supply and fishing ships of

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and

Royal Greenland Royal Greenland A/S is a fishing company in Greenland, spun off from Kalaallit Niuerfiat in 1990 but still wholly owned by the Government of Greenland. The company operates in a number of towns and settlements in Greenland, with 20 fish proce ...

, as well as motorboats and lesser fishing boats. There are several small bays between the port and Nuussuatsiaq promontory, in the vicinity of the heliport.

Photographs

File:Uummannaq-Salliaruseq.jpg, The port in Uummannaq town File:Salliaruseq.jpg, Salliaruseq Island and Assorput Strait File:Hurtigruten-fram-uummannaq.jpg, MS Fram of

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cannot be serviced directly by Uummannaq port due to the shallowness of the port inlet File:Uummannaq-heliport-air-greenland-bell212-landing.jpg, Air Greenland

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approaches Uummannaq Heliport over Assorput Strait

References

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