Timmiarmiut Fjord

Timmiarmiut Fjord
Timmiarmiit Kangertivat
Location
Location Arctic
Coordinates 62°39′N 42°42′W / 62.650°N 42.700°W / 62.650; -42.700Coordinates: 62°39′N 42°42′W / 62.650°N 42.700°W / 62.650; -42.700
Ocean/sea sources North Atlantic Ocean
Basin countries Greenland
Max. length 50 km
Max. width 5 km
Surface area SE Greenland

Timmiarmiut Fjord (old spelling 'Tingmiarmiut Fjord'; Greenlandic: Timmiarmiit Kangertivat)[1]) is a fjord of the King Frederick VI Coast in the Sermersooq municipality, southeastern Greenland.

Geography

To the east the fjord opens into the North Atlantic Ocean with Aaluik, a 220 m high island by the shore of the large Timmiarmiit island, off the northern side of its mouth. On the southern side of its mouth lies the island of Immikkoortukajik and further east at the entrance 643 m high Uttorsiutit Island.[2]

The inner part of the Timmiarmiut Fjord has large tributary fjords branching to the north, such as the Hanseraq Fjord and the Ernineq Fjord[2] and it is often blocked by ice floes discharged from the numerous glaciers at the head,[3] among which the Heimdal Glacier deserves mention. The Snehatten,[2] a 1,892.19 m (6,208.0 ft) high prominent peak, rises above the northern shore of the inner part of the fjord at 62°44′29″N 42°51′12″W / 62.74139°N 42.85333°W / 62.74139; -42.85333.[4]

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

See also

References

  1. ↑ Den grønlandske Lods - Geodatastyrelsen
  2. 1 2 3 "Timmiarmiut Fjord". Mapcarta. Retrieved 24 April 2016.
  3. ↑ Prostar Sailing Directions 2005 Greenland and Iceland Enroute, p. 101
  4. ↑ GoogleEarth

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