Ukkusissat (mountain)

Ukkusissaq / Ukkusissat
Ukkusissaq seen from the Nuussuaq district of Nuuk
Highest point
Elevation772 m (2,533 ft)
Coordinates64°09′51″N 51°38′22″W / 64.16417°N 51.63944°W / 64.16417; -51.63944
Geography
Ukkusissaq / Ukkusissat
Location within Greenland
LocationMainland of Greenland

Ukkusissaq or Ukkusissat (old spelling: Uvkusigssak´ or Uvkusigssat, Danish: Store Malene) is a 772 m (2,533 ft) tall 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, to the north of Kangerluarsunnguaq Fjord splitting the peninsula into two.

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