Alanngorsuup Sermia

Alanngorsuup Sermia
Location	Upernavik Archipelago, Greenland
Coordinates	73°09′30″N 55°00′00″W / 73.15833°N 55.00000°W / 73.15833; -55.00000Coordinates: 73°09′30″N 55°00′00″W / 73.15833°N 55.00000°W / 73.15833; -55.00000
Terminus	Tasiusaq Bay

Alanngorsuup Sermia (Upernavik Archipelago)

Alanngorsuup Sermia (old spelling: Alángorsûp Sermia) is a tidewater glacier in the Qaasuitsup municipality on the northwestern shore of Greenland. It drains the Greenland ice sheet northwestwards into Tasiusaq Bay.^[1] The glacier front is located to the south of the Nunatarsuaq nunatak, and to the north of the Qassersuaq Peninsula.^[1] Nunatakassaup Sermia, a sibling glacier to the north, drains the icesheet into the same point at the inner end of Tasiusaq Bay.

References

1 2 Upernavik, Saga Map, Tage Schjøtt, 1992

Upernavik Archipelago, Greenland

Bays

Fjords

Glaciers

Headlands

Islands

Melville Bay	Kiatassuaq Kiataussaq Kullorsuaq Saarlia Saqqarlersuaq

Inussulik Bay	Ikermiut Illoorfik Inussullissuaq Kiatassuaq

Sugar Loaf Bay	Amitsorsuaq Ikermiorsuaq Itissaalik Kittorsaq Nasaussaq Qullikorsuit Sugar Loaf Timilersua

Tasiusaq Bay	Aappilattoq Anarusuk Apparsuit Ateqanngitsorsuaq Aukarnersuaq Horse Head Illunnguit Innaarsuit Kangaarsuk Maniitsoq Mattaangassut Mernoq Naajaat Nuuluk Nutaarmiut Paagussat Paornivik Puugutaa Qaarsorsuatsiaq Qallunaat Qaneq Qaqaarissorsuaq Qullikorsuit Saattorsuaq Sisuarissut Tasiusaq Tussaaq Tuttorqortooq Uigorlersuaq

Baffin Bay	Aappilattoq Akia Akuliaruseq Amarortalik Ammaussarsuaq Atilissuaq Iperaq Karrat Kingittorsuaq Nako Nunaa Nutaarmiut Qaarsorsuaq Qasse Qeqertaq Qeqertarsuaq Saattoq Sanningassoq Singarnaq-Annertussoq Taartoq Tukingassoq Uilortussoq Upernavik

Mountains/Nunataqs

Peninsulas

Straits

Towns/Settlements

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