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19-557: Administratively the area were the hut stood belongs now to the Sermersooq municipality. The station was built on the shore of Kangerlussuaq Fjord , also known as Storfjord . The anchorage near the station was difficult owing to the deep waters of the fjord and the very strong currents. In 1931 Norway sent two expeditions to establish hunting and radio stations in Southeast Greenland. Led by Ole Mortensen, one of

38-519: 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

57-606: 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

76-406: 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 ,

95-582: Is underlain by complex geological features of buried grabens (basins) and ridges , formed by strike-slip faulting of the Ungava Fault Zone during Paleogene times about 45 million to 62 million years ago. The strike-slip faulting transferred plate-tectonic motions in the Labrador Sea to Baffin Bay. It is the world's broadest strait. With a water depth of between one and two thousand meters

114-514: The strait is substantially shallower than the Labrador Sea to the south. The strait is famous for its fierce tides that can range from 30 to 60 ft (9.1 to 18.3 m), which discouraged many earlier explorers. US Geological Survey has estimated that at least 13% of the world's undiscovered oil deposits and 30% of the world's undiscovered gas pockets are located in the Arctic, with

133-836: The East. The Southwest coast of Greenland. On the South. The parallel of 60° North between Greenland and Labrador . On the West. The Eastern limit of the Northwestern Passages South of 70° North [the East coast of Baffin Island to East Bluff, its Southeastern extremity] and of Hudson Strait [A line from East Bluff, the Southeast extreme of Baffin Island ( 61°53′N 65°57′W  /  61.883°N 65.950°W  / 61.883; -65.950 ), to Point Meridian,

152-600: The Norwegian contribution to the International Polar Year 1932–33. Danish explorer Ejnar Mikkelsen , whose 1932 Søkongen Expedition station was in the more protected Uttental Sound branch of the fjord, wondered about the choice of the site for a meteorological station by the Norwegians. According to him the Norwegian building was in a dangerous location, totally exposed to violent winds blowing from

171-521: The Storfjord hut was completely destroyed, even though it had a concrete foundation and 1.5 m (4 ft 11 in) thick turf walls. Wager concluded that it had been razed to the ground by the persistent, hurricane-force winds of the fjord. 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

190-672: 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. Davis Strait The Davis Strait is a southern arm of the Arctic Ocean that lies north of the Labrador Sea . It lies between mid-western Greenland and Baffin Island in Nunavut , Canada. To

209-455: The Western extreme of Lower Savage Islands , along the coast to its Southwestern extreme and thence a line across to the Western extreme of Resolution Island , through its Southwestern shore to Hatton Headland, its Southern point, thence a line to Cape Chidley , Labrador ( 60°24′N 64°26′W  /  60.400°N 64.433°W  / 60.400; -64.433 )]. The Davis Strait

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228-410: 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

247-471: The expeditions went to Kangerlussuaq Fjord on ship Signalhorn and built a hut there, Storfjord Station. Since hunting there was poor, Mortensen moved with his men south to Lindenow Fjord , where a Norwegian radio and meteorological station named Moreton was built 7 km (4.3 mi) from the mouth of the fjord in 1932. Meanwhile another Norwegian station was built in Thorland and named Finnsbu . In

266-646: The head of Kangerlussuaq Fjord. After the 1933 resolution of the Permanent Court of International Justice rejecting Norway's claims in Greenland, the stations at Storfjord and Finnsbu were closed, but Torgilsbu continued operation for a few years under Danish jurisdiction and restrictions. In 1935, during the British East Greenland Expedition , geologist Lawrence Wager visited the area of Kangerlussuaq Fjord and noted that

285-464: 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

304-650: The north is Baffin Bay . The strait was named for the English explorer John Davis (1550–1605), who explored the area while seeking a Northwest Passage . By the 1650s it was used for whale hunting . The International Hydrographic Organization defines the limits of the Davis Strait as follows: On the North. The Southern limit of Baffin Bay [The parallel of 70° North between Greenland and Baffin Land ]. On

323-677: 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

342-492: The same year Norway staked sovereignty claims in Southeast Greenland between 60°30'N —just north of Nanuuseq , and 63°40'N —just south of Odinland . As a result, another expedition was sent by the Norwegian government led by Gunnar Horn on ship Veslemari and the Storfjord Station was reestablished. Together with Finnsbu and Torgilsbu further south, as well as Jonsbu in the far north, Storfjord became part of

361-452: The seas around Greenland potentially holding large amounts of natural gas and lesser amounts of crude oil and natural gas liquids . This has led Greenland's minister and provincial council to offer a large number of off-shore concessions to potential hydrocarbon (oil and gas) extraction. The largest concessions areas are located in seas west of Greenland, primarily the Davis Strait and Baffin Bay , but with several smaller concessions in

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