Sermitsiaq Island () is an uninhabited island in the

Sermersooq Sermersooq () is a municipality in Greenland, formed on 1 January 2009 from five previous, smaller municipalities. Its administrative seat is the city of Nuuk (formerly called Godthåb), the capital of Greenland, and it is the most populous ...

municipality in southwestern

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

Sermitsiaq is one of three mountainous islands located in the middle section of the long

Nuup Kangerlua Nuup Kangerlua is a long fjord in the Sermersooq municipality in southwestern Greenland. It was formerly known by its colonial name as Godthaab Fjord (), Gilbert Sound and Baal's River.Nicoll, James. An Historical and Descriptive Account of Ice ...

fjord, to the north of

Nuuk Nuuk (; , formerly ) is the capital and most populous city of Greenland, an autonomous territory in the Kingdom of Denmark. Nuuk is the seat of government and the territory's largest cultural and economic center. It is also the seat of gove ...

, the capital of Greenland. The two sibling islands are

Qeqertarsuaq Island Disko Island (, ) is a large island in Baffin Bay, off the west coast of Greenland. It has an area of ,Qoornuup Qeqertarsua Island Qoornup Qeqertarsua Island () is an uninhabited island in the Sermersooq municipality in southwestern Greenland. Geography Qoornup Qeqertarsua is one of three mountainous islands located in the middle run of the Nuup Kangerlua fjord, to the no ...

. The prominent Sermitsiaq mountain topping the island is a landmark of Nuuk, visible from most places in the city.

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{{reflist Uninhabited islands of Greenland

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