Sikuijivitteq


Sikuijivitteq, also known as Kangerdlugsuatsiak, is a fjord of the King Frederick VI Coast in the Sermersooq municipality, southeastern Greenland. The name 'Mogens Heinesen' is based on Magnus Heinason, a 16th-century Faroese naval hero.

Geography

Sikuijivitteq is located south of Timmiarmiut Fjord ; to the east it opens into the North Atlantic Ocean. Ikermiit Island is located off the fjord's mouth.

Mountains

There are high mountains rising on both sides of the fjord, becoming especially craggy towards the inner side. One of the most impressive is a dark pyramidal peak in the nunatak at the head of the fjord rising steeply to a height of on the southern side above the glacier at.
6 km to the east in the same nunatak there is a steep mountain with multiple peaks rising to a height of at and at the eastern end there is a massive summit rising to a height of above the confluence of the glaciers at, but the highest is a glacier-topped mountain located to the west at.
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