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13-620: Administratively it is part of the Sermersooq municipality. There are remains of ancient Inuit settlements of the southern group in Imaarsivik , a coastal island at the entrance of the fjord. The fjord was named after Arctic explorer Wilhelm August Graah of the Danish Navy , who was the first to map this area of the coast of Greenland during an 1828–31 expedition in search of the legendary Eastern Norse Settlement . Finnsbu

26-890: Is flanked by the Sermersooq municipality, although settlements and associated trade are concentrated mainly alongside the coast . In the north, it is bordered by the Qeqertalik municipality. The waters of the western coast are that of the Davis Strait , separating Greenland from Baffin Island . With an area of 115,500 km (44,594.8 sq mi), it is the third-smallest municipality of Greenland. Qeqqata's municipal council consists of 15 members, elected every four years. Like all of Greenland, there are no roads between settlements. There are three airports in Qeqqata, Kangerlussuaq , Maniitsoq and Sisimiut , where Kangerlussuaq

39-483: 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 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

52-479: 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 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

65-756: 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 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

78-639: 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 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

91-455: The 300 metres (980 feet) high coastal island (or peninsula) of Imaarsivik to the north. A good small harbour, named Graahs Havn, is located west of the island. The fjord has a branch named Jaette Fjord on its NE shore, opening 12.5 kilometres (7.8 miles) from the mouth and extending 17 kilometres (11 miles) to the NNW. Finnsbu, the former Norwegian meteorological and radio station, was located on

104-461: The fjord. Attempts by aircraft recovery expert Gary Larkins to locate the airframe have been unsuccessful. To the southeast the Graah Fjord opens into the Irminger Sea of the North Atlantic Ocean . It extends about 20 kilometres (12 miles) in a roughly SE/NW direction and separates two narrow peninsulas in southeastern Thorland . The fjord is entered between Cape Langenaes to the south and

117-457: 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 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

130-496: The southwestern shore of the fjord, about 11 kilometres (6.8 miles) northwest of Cape Langenaes. 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 is , lit.   'place of much ice') is a municipality in Greenland , formed on 1 January 2009 from five earlier, smaller municipalities. Its administrative seat

143-615: The west coast. Kalaallisut , 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. Qeqqata Qeqqata ( Greenlandic pronunciation: [qɜqːata] , Danish : Centrum , lit.   'Centre') is a municipality in western Greenland , operational from 1 January 2009. The municipality

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156-541: Was a Norwegian weather and radio station opened on the shore of the fjord by Finn Devold on behalf of the Arctic Trading Co. Devold had first chosen a site in Timmiarmiut Fjord when he arrived in 1932 on Ship Heimen from Tromsø , but then moved to this site to establish the station. The station was abandoned in 1933. During WWII , on 9 April 1944, a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress crashed in

169-462: Was named after its location in the central-western part of the country. Its population is 9,378 as of January 2020. The administrative center of the municipality is in Sisimiut (formerly called Holsteinsborg). It consists of the previously unincorporated area of Kangerlussuaq and two former municipalities of western Greenland, Maniitsoq and Sisimiut . In the south and east, the municipality

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