Ukkusissaq / Ukkusissat | |
Elevation M: | 772 |
Elevation Ref: | [1] |
Map: | Greenland |
Label Position: | right |
Location: | Mainland of Greenland |
Coordinates: | 64.1642°N -51.6394°W |
Ukkusissaq or Ukkusissat (old spelling: Uvkusigssak´ or Uvkusigssat, Danish: Store Malene) is a 772m (2,533feet) tall[1] 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,[1] to the north of Kangerluarsunnguaq Fjord splitting the peninsula into two.