Ikersuaq
Ikertivaq
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Ikersuaq is located in Greenland
Ikersuaq
Ikersuaq
Location in Greenland
LocationSE Greenland
Coordinates66°38′N 34°28′W / 66.633°N 34.467°W / 66.633; -34.467
Ocean/sea sourcesNorth Atlantic Ocean
Basin countriesGreenland
Max. length25 km (16 mi)
Max. width3 km (1.9 mi)
References[1]

Ikersuaq (old spelling Ikerssuak), meaning "the great sound" in the Greenlandic language,[2] —also known as Ikertivaq— is a fjord in Sermersooq municipality, southeastern Greenland.[1]

This fjord is mostly encumbered by ice.

Tundra climate prevails in the region of the fjord, the average annual temperature in the area being -10 °C. The warmest month is July when the average temperature rises to 0 °C and the coldest is January with -18 °C.[3]

Geography

Ikersuaq is a fjord of the King Christian IX Land coast. It extends in a roughly north–south direction for about 25 km. To the south the fjord opens into the North Atlantic Ocean near Tasiilap Karra (Cape Gustav Holm).[4] The fjord has two main branches: Eastern Tasiisaq (Ostre Tasiisaq), extending 13 km north on the western side of Cape Gustav Holm, and Western Tasiisaq (Vester Tasiisaq) extending 5 km to the SW 10 km from the mouth on the western shore of the fjord.[5] The Northern K.J.V. Steenstrup Glacier has its terminus just south of the promontory at the mouth of the fjord.[1]

View of the shore just south of the Ikertivaq Fjord with the Southern K.J.V. Steenstrup Glacier on the left and the Northern on the right.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 GoogleEarth
  2. ↑ Greenland Pilot; Explanations of the place names
  3. ↑ "NASA Earth Observations Data Set Index". NASA. Archived from the original on 10 May 2020. Retrieved 8 June 2016.
  4. ↑ "Ikersuaq". Mapcarta. Retrieved 8 June 2016.
  5. ↑ Prostar Sailing Directions 2005 Greenland and Iceland Enroute, p. 108
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