Sikuijivitteq

Sikuijivitteq (Danish: Mogens Heinesen Fjord),[1] also known as Kangerdlugsuatsiak, is a fjord of the King Frederick VI Coast in the Kujalleq municipality, southeastern Greenland.[2] The name 'Mogens Heinesen' is based on Magnus Heinason, a 16th-century Faroese naval hero.

Sikuijivitteq
Mogens Heinesen Fjord
Kangerdlugsuatsiak
Location of Sikuijivitteq
Sikuijivitteq
Location in Greenland
LocationKujalleq, Greenland
Coordinates62°24′N 42°37′W
TypeFjord
Part ofKing Frederick VI Coast
Ocean/sea sourcesNorth Atlantic Ocean
Max. length45 km (28 mi)
Max. width4.7 km (2.9 mi)
IslandsIkermiit

Geography

Sikuijivitteq is located south of Timmiarmiut Fjord (Timmiarmiit Kangertivat); to the east it opens into the North Atlantic Ocean.[3] Ikermiit Island is located off the fjord's mouth.[4]

Mountains

There are high mountains rising on both sides of the fjord, becoming especially craggy towards the inner side. One of the most impressive is a dark pyramidal peak in the nunatak at the head of the fjord rising steeply to a height of 1,884 m (6,181 ft) on the southern side above the glacier at 62°30′57″N 43°20′44″W.

6 km to the east in the same nunatak there is a steep mountain with multiple peaks rising to a height of 1,894 m (6,214 ft) at 62°31′20″N 43°13′5″W and at the eastern end there is a massive summit rising to a height of 1,945 m (6,381 ft) above the confluence of the glaciers at 62°31′18″N 43°7′2″W, but the highest is a 2,069 m (6,788 ft) glacier-topped mountain located to the west at 62°32′37″N 43°23′33″W.[2]

"Morgens" Heinesen Fjord in a 1944 map of the area around Skjoldungen.

See also

References
  1. Den grønlandske Lods - Geodatastyrelsen
  2. GoogleEarth
  3. "Mogens Heinesen Fjord". Mapcarta. Retrieved 10 June 2016.
  4. Prostar Sailing Directions 2005 Greenland and Iceland Enroute, p. 101


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