Ukkusissaq / Ukkusissat | |
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Ukkusissaq seen from the Nuussuaq district of Nuuk | |
Highest point | |
Elevation | 772 m (2,533 ft) |
Coordinates | 64°09′51″N 51°38′22″W / 64.16417°N 51.63944°W / 64.16417; -51.63944 |
Geography | |
Ukkusissaq / UkkusissatLocation within Greenland | |
Location | Mainland 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
- ^ "TIL OPPLYSNING". Norwegian University of Science and Technology. Archived from the original on 15 June 2011. Retrieved 14 July 2010.
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