Orsugissap Qaqqarsua (old spelling: ''Orssugissap Qaqqarssua'') is a

nunatak A nunatak (from Inuit language, Inuit ) is the summit or ridge of a mountain that protrudes from an ice field or glacier that otherwise covers most of the mountain or ridge. They often form natural pyramidal peaks. Isolated nunataks are also cal ...

() of the

Greenland ice sheet The Greenland ice sheet is an ice sheet which forms the second largest body of ice in the world. It is an average of thick and over thick at its maximum. It is almost long in a north–south direction, with a maximum width of at a latitude ...

Avannaata Avannaata (, ) is a municipality of Greenland created on 1 January 2018 from the bulk of the former Qaasuitsup municipality. It encompasses an area of 522,700 km2 and has 10,726 inhabitants. Geography In the south, Avannaata is flanked ...

municipality in northwestern

Greenland Greenland is an autonomous territory in the Danish Realm, Kingdom of Denmark. It is by far the largest geographically of three constituent parts of the kingdom; the other two are metropolitan Denmark and the Faroe Islands. Citizens of Greenlan ...

Geography

Orsugissap Qaqqarsua () is located on the mainland of Greenland in the northern part of

Upernavik Archipelago Upernavik Archipelago is a vast coastal archipelago in the Avannaata municipality in northwestern Greenland, off the shores of northeastern Baffin Bay. The archipelago extends from the northwestern coast of Sigguup Nunaa peninsula in the south at ...

. Due to the

glacial retreat The retreat of glaciers since 1850 is a well-documented effect of climate change. The retreat of mountain glaciers provides evidence for the rise in global temperatures since the late 19th century. Examples include mountain glaciers in western ...

, it is now conjoint in the north with

Anoritooq Anoritooq (old spelling: ''Anoritôq'') is a nunatak () in Avannaata municipality in northwestern Greenland. Geography Anoritooq is located on the mainland of Greenland in the northern part of Upernavik Archipelago. To the north, Greenland ice ...

, a nunatak.''Upernavik Avannarleq'', Saga Map, Tage Schjøtt, 1992 To the west and south, the nunatak is surrounded by the waters of

Sugar Loaf Bay Sugar Loaf Bay is a bay in the Upernavik Archipelago in the Avannaata municipality in northwestern Greenland. It is an indentation of northeastern Baffin Bay. The name of the bay derives from the name of an island of the same name in the bay, Su ...

, and its innermost inlets, the largest of which is ''Niaqornarsuup Iterlaa'' in the south.

References

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