Upernavik Fjord
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Upernavik Icefjord (also: ''Ikeq'', ''Aappilattup Ikera'', ) is a
fjord In physical geography, a fjord (also spelled fiord in New Zealand English; ) is a long, narrow sea inlet with steep sides or cliffs, created by a glacier. Fjords exist on the coasts of Antarctica, the Arctic, and surrounding landmasses of the n ...
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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 ...
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Geography

The long fjord flows to the northwest between two chains of islands, emptying into
Baffin Bay Baffin Bay (Inuktitut: ''Saknirutiak Imanga''; ; ; ), located between Baffin Island and the west coast of Greenland, is defined by the International Hydrographic Organization as a marginal sea of the Arctic Ocean. It is sometimes considered a s ...
. The head of the fjord is located at the mainland of Greenland, at the front of
Upernavik Glacier Upernavik Glacier (, ) is a large tidewater glacier in Avannaata municipality on the northwestern shore of Greenland. It drains a large portion of the Greenland ice sheet The Greenland ice sheet is an ice sheet which forms the second larg ...
.''Upernavik'', Saga Map, 1:250.000, Tage Schjøtt, 1992 In the northeast, a chain of larger islands flank the fjord, from east to west:
Maniitsoq Island Maniitsoq Island is an island in the Qeqqata municipality in western Greenland.''Maniitsoq'', Saga Map, Tage Schjøtt, 1992 Geography The island is located on the shores of Davis Strait, separated from Sermersuut Island in the north by the ...
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Puugutaa Island Puugutaa Island is an island of Greenland. It is located in Tasiusaq Bay in the Upernavik Archipelago.GoogleEarth See also *List of islands of Greenland The following is an alphabetical list of the islands of Greenland. Many of these islands h ...
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Sisuarissut Island Sisuarissut Island is an island of Greenland. It is located in Tasiusaq Bay in the Upernavik Archipelago Upernavik Archipelago is a vast coastal archipelago in the Avannaata municipality in northwestern Greenland, off the shores of northeastern ...
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Qaneq Island Qaneq Island is an island of Greenland. It is located in Tasiusaq Bay in the Upernavik Archipelago Upernavik Archipelago is a vast coastal archipelago in the Avannaata municipality in northwestern Greenland, off the shores of northeastern Baff ...
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Tussaaq Island Tussaaq Island is an island of Greenland. It is located in Tasiusaq Bay in the Upernavik Archipelago within the Avannaata Avannaata (, ) is a municipality of Greenland created on 1 January 2018 from the bulk of the former Qaasuitsup muni ...
. The chain of islands bounding the fjord from the southwest consists of mostly small islands and
skerries A skerry is a small rocky island, usually defined to be too small for habitation. Skerry, skerries, or The Skerries may also refer to: Geography Northern Ireland *Skerries, County Armagh, a List of townlands in County Armagh#S, townland in Coun ...
. The major islands are, from east to west:
Uilortussoq Island Uilortussoq Island is an island of Greenland. It is located in Baffin Bay in the Upernavik Archipelago, in the Avannaata municipality in western Greenland, 1,000 km north of the capital Nuuk Nuuk (; , formerly ) is the capital and m ...
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Qeqertarsuaq Island Disko Island (, ) is a large island in Baffin Bay, off the west coast of Greenland. It has an area of ,Aappilattoq Island. Further to the northwest of Aappilattoq, the islands become progressively smaller.


References

Fjords of the Upernavik Archipelago {{Greenland-fjord-stub