Skjoldungen
| Native name: Saqqisikuik | |
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 Skjoldungen
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| Geography | |
| Location |
Irminger Sea North Atlantic Ocean |
| Coordinates | 63°19′N 41°30′W / 63.317°N 41.500°WCoordinates: 63°19′N 41°30′W / 63.317°N 41.500°W |
| Area | 450.3 km2 (173.9 sq mi) |
| Length | 49 km (30.4 mi) |
| Width | 14 km (8.7 mi) |
| Coastline | 158.8 km (98.67 mi) |
| Highest elevation | 1,738 m (5,702 ft) |
| Highest point | Azimuthbjerg |
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Greenland
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| Municipality | Sermersooq |
| Demographics | |
| Population | 0 |
Skjoldungen (Greenlandic: Saqqisikuik) is a large uninhabited island in the King Frederick VI Coast, southeastern Greenland. Administratively it is part of the Sermersooq municipality. The weather of the island is characterized by tundra climate.
The island was named by Wilhelm August Graah (1793–1863) after Skjoldungen or Skioldungen, a honorific title for the successors (Scyldings) of legendary King Skjold to the ancient Danish throne in Norse mythology.
Skjoldungen is a coastal island in the southeastern shores of Greenland. It is located between two fjords, the Southern Skjoldungen Fjord (Danish: Sonder Skjoldungesund; Greenlandic: Inugsuarmiut), to the southwest, and the Northern Skjoldungen Fjord (Danish: Nordre Skjoldungesund) to the northeast between Skjoldungen and one of the arms of the Thorland Peninsula. The Morke Sound (Danish: Mørkesund) is a 700 metres (2,297 feet) wide sound that joins both fjords in the NW, separating the island from the mainland.
The island stretches 49 kilometres (30 miles) in a NE/SW direction. Its highest point is Azimuthbjerg, a 1,738 m high ultra-prominent peak at the NW end of the island. Skjoldungen's maximum width is 14 kilometres (9 miles). Skjoldungen Island has a rugged terrain, which includes the Skjoldmøen, Bjarje and Hjalte glaciers and the Gedebukken, Pandebrasken, Skuren and Sfinksen nunataks. The southern part divides into two peninsulas jutting southeastwards, the Roar Peninsula (Danish: Roar Halvø) and the Helge Peninsula (Danish: Helges Halvø). Skjoldungen's southernmost headland is Cape Niels Juel, a narrow cape of reddish-brown rock at the end of the Helge Peninsula. 3.5 kilometres (2 miles) long Anarnitsoq island lies just to the west of the cape.
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