Timmiarmiit

Timmiarmiit
Geography
Location North Atlantic Ocean
Southern Greenland
Coordinates 62°45′N 42°10′W / 62.750°N 42.167°W / 62.750; -42.167Coordinates: 62°45′N 42°10′W / 62.750°N 42.167°W / 62.750; -42.167
Area 229.3 km2 (88.5 sq mi)
Length 30 km (19 mi)
Width 16 km (9.9 mi)
Coastline 140.6 km (87.36 mi)
Highest elevation 1,300 m (4,300 ft)
Highest point Takkerne
Administration
Greenland
Municipality Sermersooq
Demographics
Population 0

Timmiarmiit (old spelling 'Tingmiarmit') is an uninhabited island of the King Frederick VI Coast, Sermersooq municipality, southern Greenland.

Geography

The island is located at the entrance of the Timmiarmiut Fjord in a very indented area of King Frederick VI Coast in southeastern Greenland. Timmiarmiit's coastline is very irregular with a deep fjord on its eastern side that almost divides the island in two. It has an area of 229.3 km ² and a shoreline of 140.6 kilometres.[1] It is separated from the mainland in the north by the Timmiarmiit Tunorqútariât, a narrow sound. Off its southern shoreline lie the islands of Aaluik and Ingmikârtajivit, as well as a multitude of islets and rocks.[2]

The Qivítip Igtiva and Inukasingmit Paleo-Eskimo archaeological sites are located on the SW of the island —the latter on an islet off the shore— and the Sarpap Tupertivâ site on the NW headland. All former Inuit settlements on Timmiarmiit are on shoreline locations.[3]

'Tingmiarmiut' Island in a 1944 map of the area around Skjoldungen.

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