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(Redirected from Store Malene) Mountain in Greenland For a settlement of the same name, see Ukkusissat.
Ukkusissaq / Ukkusissat
Ukkusissaq seen from the Nuussuaq district of Nuuk
Highest point
Elevation772 m (2,533 ft)
Coordinates64°09′51″N 51°38′22″W / 64.16417°N 51.63944°W / 64.16417; -51.63944
Geography
Ukkusissaq / Ukkusissat is located in GreenlandUkkusissaq / UkkusissatUkkusissaq / UkkusissatLocation within Greenland
LocationMainland of Greenland

Ukkusissaq or Ukkusissat (old spelling: Uvkusigssak´ or Uvkusigssat, Danish: Store Malene) is a 772 m (2,533 ft) tall mountain in the Sermersooq municipality in southwestern Greenland, located to the southeast of Nuuk Airport, an airport in Nuuk, the capital of Greenland. It is the terminus of a long mountain range of a peninsula jutting into Nuup Kangerlua, the longest fjord in southwestern Greenland, to the north of Kangerluarsunnguaq Fjord splitting the peninsula into two.

References

  1. ^ "TIL OPPLYSNING". Norwegian University of Science and Technology. Archived from the original on 15 June 2011. Retrieved 14 July 2010.
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