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Nasaussap Saqqaa
Ussing Icefjord
Nasaussap Saqqaa is located in Upernavik ArchipelagoNasaussap SaqqaaNasaussap SaqqaaNasaussap Saqqaa (Upernavik Archipelago)
LocationUpernavik Archipelago
Coordinates73°54′N 56°05′W / 73.900°N 56.083°W / 73.900; -56.083
Ocean/sea sourcesBaffin Bay
Basin countriesGreenland
Max. length29.8 km (18.5 mi)

Nasaussap Saqqaa (old spelling: Nasaussap Sarqâ, Danish: Ussing Isfjord) is a fjord in Avannaata municipality in northwestern Greenland.

Geography

The 29.8 km (18.5 mi) long fjord is an inlet of Sugar Loaf Bay, flowing to the west-northwest between Qullikorsuit Island in the southwest, and the Amitsorsuaq and Nasaussaq islands in the north. The Ussing Glacier or Ussing Bræer Glacier drains the Greenland ice sheet into the head of the fjord. The shores of Nasaussap Saqqaa are uninhabited; the closest settlement is Nuussuaq on a peninsula of the same name, 26.5 km (16.5 mi) to the northwest of the fjord mouth.

References

  1. Upernavik Avannarleq, Saga Map, 1:250.000, Tage Schjøtt, 1992
  2. Ussing Bræer

External links

Upernavik Archipelago, Greenland
Bays
Fjords
Glaciers
Headlands
Islands
Melville Bay
Inussulik Bay
Sugar Loaf Bay
Tasiusaq Bay
Baffin Bay
Mountains/Nunataqs
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Straits
Towns/Settlements


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