Ikersuaq, East Greenland

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]

Ikersuaq
Ikertivaq
Map of Greenland section
Ikersuaq Location in Greenland
Location	SE Greenland
Coordinates	66°38′N 34°28′W
Ocean/sea sources	North Atlantic Ocean
Basin countries	Greenland
Max. length	25 km (16 mi)
Max. width	3 km (1.9 mi)
References	[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

• List of fjords of Greenland

References

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

External links

• Den grønlandske Lods - Geodatastyrelsen