Ukkusissat (mountain)
For a settlement of the same name, see Ukkusissat.
| Ukkusissat / Ukkusissaq | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Elevation | 772 m (2,533 ft)[1] |
| Location | |
  Ukkusissat / Ukkusissaq Location within Greenland | |
| Location | Mainland of Greenland |
| Coordinates | 64°09′51″N 51°38′22″W / 64.16417°N 51.63944°WCoordinates: 64°09′51″N 51°38′22″W / 64.16417°N 51.63944°W |
Ukkusissat or Ukkusissaq (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
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "TIL OPPLYSNING". Norwegian University of Science and Technology. Retrieved 14 July 2010.