Southern Sermilik

"Sondre Sermilik" redirects here. For the fjord in eastern Greenland, see Sermilik. For Northern Sermilik, see Ikersuaq.
Southern Sermilik
Søndre Sermilik
Location
Location Arctic
Coordinates 60°34′N 44°47′W / 60.567°N 44.783°W / 60.567; -44.783Coordinates: 60°34′N 44°47′W / 60.567°N 44.783°W / 60.567; -44.783
Ocean/sea sources Labrador Sea
Basin countries Greenland
Max. length 80 km
Max. width 4.3 km

Southern Sermilik (Danish: Søndre Sermilik) is a fjord in southwestern Greenland. Administratively it is part of the Kujalleq municipality.

Geography

The fjord is oriented in a roughly NE/SW direction, to the southwest the Southern Sermilik Fjord opens into the Labrador Sea of the North Atlantic Ocean. It separates two long mountainous peninsulas, the mountains on the northwestern side of the fjord rising steeply from the shore to heights of over 2,000 m (6,600 ft), and the 1,590 m high Napasorsuaq peak rising in the peninsula to the east of the fjord.[1]

The islands of Amitsok and Angmalortoq —the latter rising to a height of 1,253 m— lie at the mouth of the fjord. There are further islands beyond them, Sermersooq Island being the largest.[2]

The Sermeq Glacier at the inland end of this fjord has been undergoing a well documented recession in recent history.[3] A similar retreat of the glacier at the fjord's head has been documented in neighbouring Tasermiut Fjord as well.[4]

Map of the fjord showing the variation in the position of the terminus of the Sermeq Glacier between 1881 and 1979.

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References

  1. ↑ "Søndre Sermilik". Mapcarta. Retrieved 8 April 2016.
  2. ↑ Prostar Sailing Directions 2005 Greenland and Iceland Enroute, p. 14
  3. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper, Volume 1386, Part 3, p.
  4. ↑ Mapping glacial retreat in the Tasermiut Fjord region of SW Greenland
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