Skjoldungen ( kl, Saqqisikuik) is a large uninhabited island in the
King Frederick VI Coast, southeastern
Greenland
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. Administratively it is part of the
Sermersooq municipality. The weather of the island is characterized by
tundra climate
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.
The island was named by
Wilhelm August Graah (1793–1863) after ''Skjoldungen'' or ''Skioldungen'', a honorific title for the successors (
Scyldings) of legendary
King Skjold
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to the ancient
Danish throne
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in
Norse mythology
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.
Geography
Skjoldungen is a coastal island in the southeastern shores of Greenland. It is located between two fjords, the
Southern Skjoldungen Fjord ( kl, Iittuarmiit), to the southwest, and the
Northern Skjoldungen Fjord ( kl, Qimutuluittiip Kangertiva) to the northeast between Skjoldungen and one of the arms of the
Thorland Peninsula. The
Morke Sound ( kl, Pulaqqaviip Ikaasaa) is a wide
sound
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