Nanuuseq, also known as ''Nanûseq'' or ''Nanusek'' is an uninhabited island 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 Julianehåb).
Creation
The munic ...
municipality in southern
Greenland
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.
Geography
Nanuuseq is a coastal island, although it is also considered a
peninsula
A peninsula is a landform that extends from a mainland and is only connected to land on one side. Peninsulas exist on each continent. The largest peninsula in the world is the Arabian Peninsula.
Etymology
The word ''peninsula'' derives , . T ...
owing to it almost being attached to the mainland shore of
King Frederick VI Coast
King Frederick VI Coast () 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 Ocean. It is bordered by King ...
.
[''Prostar Sailing Directions 2005 Greenland and Iceland Enroute'', p. 99] located off the southeastern coast of Greenland between the mouth of
Lindenow Fjord
Lindenow Fjord or Kangerlussuatsiaq, is a fjord in the King Frederick VI Coast, Kujalleq municipality, southern Greenland.
History
Igdlukulik, an archaeological site with the ruins of a former Inuit settlement lies by the shore where the Nørrea ...
on its southern side and the mouth of
Nanuuseq Fjord
Nanuuseq Fjord, old spelling ''Nanûseq'', is a fjord in the King Frederick VI Coast, Kujalleq municipality, southern Greenland.''Prostar Sailing Directions 2005 Greenland and Iceland Enroute'', p. 100 History
In 1931 Norway sent two expeditions ...
—formerly known as Oyfjord— to the north. Its length is and its maximum width .
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Although Nanuuseq is relatively small, its highest point reaches in height.
The island's coast is deeply indented and the
sound
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In human physiology and psychology, sound is the ''reception'' of such waves and their ''perception'' by the br ...
separating it from the peninsula on the mainland to the west is very narrow.
Queen Louise Island
Queen Louise Island () or Kissarsiitilik is an uninhabited island in the Kujalleq municipality in southern Greenland.
The island was named ''Dronning Louise Ø'' after Queen Louise of Sweden (1851–1926), wife of King Frederik VIII of Denmark.
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lies to the south, on the other side of the mouth of Lindenow Fjord.
History
Peder Olsen Walløe reached this island in the 18th century while navigating along the then unmapped southeastern coast.
Until recent times the
Southeast-Greenland Inuit visited the area around Nanusek during hunting trips up and down the coast.
Fridtjof Nansen
Fridtjof Wedel-Jarlsberg Nansen (; 10 October 1861 – 13 May 1930) was a Norwegian polymath and Nobel Peace Prize laureate. He gained prominence at various points in his life as an explorer, scientist, diplomat, humanitarian and co-founded the ...
wrote about them towards the end of the 19th century:
Bibliography
* Tr. a
''Eskimo Life'' 1893.
See also
*
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
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Uninhabited islands of Greenland
Kujalleq
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