Ukkusissat (mountain) explained

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.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: TIL OPPLYSNING . Norwegian University of Science and Technology . 14 July 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110615162130/http://www.ntnu.no/ub/formidl/utgivelser/til_opplysning/to_nr15.php . 15 June 2011 .