Ukkusissat (mountain)

For a settlement of the same name, see Ukkusissat.
Ukkusissat

Ukkusissat seen from the Nuussuaq district of Nuuk
Elevation 772 m (2,533 ft) [1]
Location
Ukkusissat
Location within Greenland
Location Mainland of Greenland

Ukkusissat (old spelling: Uvkusigssat, Danish: Store Malene) is a 772 m (2,533 ft)[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.

References

  1. ^ a b c "TIL OPPLYSNING". Norwegian University of Science and Technology. http://www.ntnu.no/ub/formidl/utgivelser/til_opplysning/to_nr15.php. Retrieved 14 July 2010.