Ukkusissat (mountain)

Ukkusissat / Ukkusissaq
Ukkusissat / Ukkusissaq
	Ukkusissat seen from the Nuussuaq district of Nuuk
Highest point
Elevation	772 m (2,533 ft) [1]
Coordinates	64°09′51″N 51°38′22″W / 64.16417°N 51.63944°WCoordinates: 64°09′51″N 51°38′22″W / 64.16417°N 51.63944°W
Geography
	Ukkusissat / Ukkusissaq Location within Greenland
Location	Mainland of Greenland

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

References

1 2 3 "TIL OPPLYSNING". Norwegian University of Science and Technology. Archived from the original on 15 June 2011. Retrieved 14 July 2010.

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[ntnu-1] 1 2 3 "TIL OPPLYSNING". Norwegian University of Science and Technology. Archived from the original on 15 June 2011. Retrieved 14 July 2010.