Ensomheden
"Ensomheden Island" redirects here. For the island in the Kara Sea, see Uedineniya.
  Ensomheden | |
| Geography | |
|---|---|
| Location |
North Atlantic Ocean Southeastern Greenland |
| Coordinates | 63°43′30″N 41°13′45″W / 63.72500°N 41.22917°WCoordinates: 63°43′30″N 41°13′45″W / 63.72500°N 41.22917°W |
| Length | 3.2 km (1.99 mi) |
| Width | 1.5 km (0.93 mi) |
| Highest elevation | 209 m (686 ft) |
| Administration | |
|
Greenland | |
| Municipality | Sermersooq |
| Demographics | |
| Population | 0 |
Ensomheden, meaning 'Loneliness' in the Danish language, is an uninhabited island in southeastern Greenland. Administratively it is part of the Sermersooq municipality. The weather of the island is characterized by tundra climate.[1]
Geography
Ensomheden is an island in the Bernstorff Fjord of the King Frederick VI Coast, located between the Odinland Peninsula to the north and the Thorland Peninsula to the south. It lies within the fjord, about 33 kilometres (21 miles) from its mouth in the North Atlantic Ocean.[2] The waters around the island are mostly clogged by ice calved by the active glaciers at the head of the fjord.[3]
The island is 3.2 kilometres (2 miles) long with a maximum width of 1.5 kilometres (1 mile).[4]
 The Bernstorff Fjord in a 1944 map of the area around Skjoldungen. |
Bibliography
- Spencer Apollonio, Lands That Hold One Spellbound: A Story of East Greenland, 2008
See also
References
- ↑ "Ensomheden, Sermersooq (Greenland)". AccuWeather. Retrieved 8 April 2016.
- ↑ "Ensomheden". Mapcarta. Retrieved 8 April 2016.
- ↑ Prostar Sailing Directions 2005 Greenland and Iceland Enroute, p. 102
- ↑ GoogleEarth
External links
- Picture of Ensomheden in the middle of Bernstorff Fjord
- Evidence for the asynchronous retreat of large outlet glaciers in southeast Greenland at the end of the last glaciation
- Den grønlandske Lods - Sejladsanvisninger Østgrønland
- Gazetteer of Greenland
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