Ensomheden Explained

Ensomheden
Map:Greenland
Location:North Atlantic Ocean
Southeastern Greenland
Coordinates:63.725°N -41.2292°W
Length Km:3.2
Width Km:1.5
Elevation M:209
Country:Greenland
Country Admin Divisions Title:Municipality
Country Admin Divisions:Sermersooq
Population:0

Ensomheden, meaning 'Loneliness' in the Danish language, is an uninhabited island in southeastern Greenland. Administratively it is part of the Sermersooq municipality.The weather of the island is characterized by tundra climate.[1]

Geography

Ensomheden is an island in the Bernstorff Fjord of the King Frederick VI Coast, located between the Odinland Peninsula to the north and the Thorland Peninsula to the south. It lies within the fjord, about 330NaN0 from its mouth in the North Atlantic Ocean.[2] The waters around the island are mostly clogged by ice calved by the active glaciers at the head of the fjord.[3]

The island is 3.20NaN0 long with a maximum width of 1.50NaN0.[4]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Ensomheden, Sermersooq (Greenland). AccuWeather. 8 April 2016.
  2. Web site: Ensomheden. Mapcarta. 8 April 2016.
  3. Prostar Sailing Directions 2005 Greenland and Iceland Enroute, p. 102
  4. [GoogleEarth]