Nasaussap Saqqaa

Nasaussap Saqqaa
Ussing Icefjord
Nasaussap Saqqaa Nasaussap Saqqaa (Upernavik Archipelago)
Location	Upernavik Archipelago
Coordinates	73°54′N 56°05′W
Ocean/sea sources	Baffin Bay
Basin countries	Greenland
Max. length	29.8 km (18.5 mi)

Nasaussap Saqqaa (old spelling: Nasaussap Sarqâ, Danish: Ussing Isfjord) is a fjord in Avannaata municipality in northwestern Greenland.[1]

Geography

The 29.8 km (18.5 mi) long fjord is an inlet of Sugar Loaf Bay, flowing to the west-northwest between Qullikorsuit Island in the southwest, and the Amitsorsuaq and Nasaussaq islands in the north. The Ussing Glacier or Ussing Bræer Glacier drains the Greenland ice sheet into the head of the fjord.[2] The shores of Nasaussap Saqqaa are uninhabited; the closest settlement is Nuussuaq on a peninsula of the same name, 26.5 km (16.5 mi) to the northwest of the fjord mouth.

References

1. Upernavik Avannarleq, Saga Map, 1:250.000, Tage Schjøtt, 1992
2. Ussing Bræer

External links

• 1:1,000,000 scale Operational Navigation Chart, Sheet B-8