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13-501: Administratively it is part of the Sermersooq municipality. The fjord was named after Danish statesman Andreas Peter Bernstorff . This fjord is almost always blocked by heavy ice. One of the coastal islands, Igdluluarssuk (Sattiaatteq) at the entrance of the fjord on its southern side, had had the northernmost Inuit settlement of the southern group on the east coast in the recent past. Arctic explorer Wilhelm August Graah of

26-519: Is , lit.   'place of much ice') is a municipality in Greenland , formed on 1 January 2009 from five earlier, smaller municipalities. Its administrative seat is the city of Nuuk (formerly called Godthåb), the capital of Greenland, and it is the most populous municipality in the country, with 23,123 inhabitants as of January 2020. The municipality consists of former municipalities of eastern and southwestern Greenland, each named after

39-606: Is bordered by the Qeqqata municipality, and further north by the Qeqertalik and Avannaata municipalities. The latter two borders however run north–south through the center ( 45° West meridian ) of the Greenland ice sheet ( Greenlandic : Sermersuaq ) − and as such are free of traffic. In the north the municipality is bordered by the Northeast Greenland National Park beyond Cape Biot , at

52-477: Is located within the fjord about 33 kilometres (21 miles) from its mouth. The Storebjørn , Bernstorff , Fimbul and Sleipner glaciers at the head of this fjord produce massive amounts of ice . The Ydun Glacier , Gerd Glacier and Gymer Glacier are smaller glaciers flowing from Odinland into the northern shore of Bernstorff Fjord, and the Tjalfe Glacier and Røskva Glacier flow from Thorland into

65-406: Is one of two municipalities straddling the western and eastern sides of the island, but is the only municipality where settlements on both coasts are connected via scheduled flights from Nuuk Airport to Kulusuk Airport and Nerlerit Inaat Airport and reverse, operated year-round by Air Greenland . There are also local flights between Nuuk and Paamiut Airport on the west coast. Kalaallisut ,

78-725: The Danish Navy explored this area in 1828–30, during an expedition in search of the legendary Eastern Norse Settlement . To the east the Bernstorff Fjord opens into the Irminger Sea (North Atlantic Ocean). It separates the Odinland Peninsula with its SE end, Cape Møsting to the north, from the Thorland Peninsula and Cape Moltke to the south of the fjord. A single island, Ensomheden ,

91-596: The West Greenlandic dialect is spoken in the towns and settlements of the western coast. Danish is also in use in the bigger towns. Tunumiit oraasiat, the East Greenlandic dialect, is spoken on the eastern coast. Qeqertalik Qeqertalik ( Greenlandic pronunciation: [qɜqɜtːalik] , Danish : Område med øer , lit.   'Area with islands') is a municipality of Greenland created in 2018 from four southern regions of

104-463: The border running alongside Alanngorsuaq Fjord . The waters flowing around the western coastline of the municipality are that of Labrador Sea , which to the north narrows down to form Davis Strait separating the island of Greenland from Baffin Island . In the southwest, Ikka Fjord is best known for its eponymous ikaite columns, of a scale unknown anywhere else. In the northwest, the municipality

117-451: The center of the Greenland ice sheet ( Greenlandic : Sermersuaq ), and as such is free of traffic. Communities of Qeqertalik encircle Disko Bay , an inlet of the larger Baffin Bay , while the northeastern shores and Nuussuaq Peninsula belong to the neighboring municipality of Avannaata . Qeqertalik's municipal council consists of 15 members, elected every four years. Kalaallisut ,

130-470: The former Qaasuitsup Municipality. It is the least populated municipality at a population of 6,340, despite this it is the 2nd most densely populated municipality with 0.11 people per square kilometer. Qeqertalik Municipality is flanked in the south by the Qeqqata municipality and in the northeast by Avannaata . Over the ice cap, it is bordered in the east by the Sermersooq municipality, however this border runs north–south ( 45° West meridian ) through

143-464: The largest settlement at the time of formation: The municipality is located in south-central and eastern Greenland, with an area of 531,900 km (205,367.7 sq mi). As of 2018, it is the largest municipality in the world by area, following the split of the former Qaasuitsup . As of January 2013 its population was 17,498. In the south, it is flanked by the Kujalleq municipality, with

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156-617: The northern end of Fleming Fjord . In the east, near the settlement of Ittoqqortoormiit , the municipal shores straddle the Kangertittivaq fjord, which opens to the cold Greenland Sea . The southeastern shores are bordered by the Anorituup Kangerlua fjord of the Irminger Sea in the North Atlantic Ocean . Sermersooq's municipal council consists of 19 members, elected every four years. Sermersooq

169-440: The southern shore. The constant glacier activity produces a powerful current streaming out of the fjord which, together with the numerous ice floes, makes navigation hazardous in the area between its mouth and Umivik Bay . This Greenland location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Sermersooq Sermersooq ( Greenlandic pronunciation: [sɜm.mɜs.sɔːq̚] , Danish : Sted med meget

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