Sikuijivitteq (), also known as ''Kangerdlugsuatsiak'', is a

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of the

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in the

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municipality, southeastern

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. The name 'Mogens Heinesen' is based on

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Geography

Sikuijivitteq is located south of Timmiarmiut Fjord (Timmiarmiit Kangertivat); to the east it opens into the

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. Ikermiit Island is located off the fjord's mouth.''Prostar Sailing Directions 2005 Greenland and Iceland Enroute'', p. 101

Mountains

There are high mountains rising on both sides of the fjord, becoming especially craggy towards the inner side. One of the most impressive is a dark pyramidal peak in the

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at the head of the fjord rising steeply to a height of on the southern side above the glacier at . 6 km to the east in the same nunatak there is a steep mountain with multiple peaks rising to a height of at and at the eastern end there is a massive summit rising to a height of above the confluence of the glaciers at , but the highest is a glacier-topped mountain located to the west at .

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References

External links

Greenland Pilot - Danish Geodata AgencyField relationship of high-grade Neo- to Mesoarchaean rocks of South-East Greenland: Tectonometamorphic and magmatic evolution
Fjords of Greenland {{Greenland-geo-stub

Geography

Mountains

See also

References

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