Ukkusissat (mountain)

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

For a settlement of the same name, see Ukkusissat.
Ukkusissaq / Ukkusissat
Ukkusissaq seen from the Nuussuaq district of Nuuk
Highest point
Elevation772 m (2,533 ft)[1]
Coordinates64°09′51″N 51°38′22″W
Geography
Ukkusissaq / Ukkusissat is located in Greenland
Ukkusissaq / Ukkusissat
Ukkusissaq / Ukkusissat
Location within Greenland
LocationMainland of Greenland

References
  1. "TIL OPPLYSNING". Norwegian University of Science and Technology. Archived from the original on 15 June 2011. Retrieved 14 July 2010.
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