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Ikerasak Fjord

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in its northwestern part, where the fjord widens into the inner part of Uummannaq Fjord. Seasonal settlement on the shores of Nuussuaq Peninsula has been abandoned.
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The fjord can be reached by boat or seaplane, boats being either individually chartered from Ikerasak, or as part of the organized glacier sightseeing tour from
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of the river on the shore of the fjord, leading south through the only unglaciated part of the inner mountain range on the peninsula.
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In the south–north, several rivers flow from Nuussuaq Peninsula into Ikerasak Fjord, the larger being
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is the only aerodrome in the area, with connections to Uummmannaq and
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is the only settlement in the fjord, located on an oval-shaped
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is another glacial tongue, emptying into Qaraasaap Imaa.
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The fjord is filled with ice calved off from the active
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Index

Ikerasak (disambiguation)

Greenlandic
Danish
Avannaata
Greenland

Air Greenland
de Havilland Canada Dash-7
Ilulissat
Qaarsut
Uummannaq Fjord
Nuussuaq Peninsula
Qaraassap Imaa
70°22′45″N 51°00′00″W / 70.37917°N 51.00000°W / 70.37917; -51.00000
Drygalski Peninsula
Store Gletscher
Greenland ice sheet
Greenlandic
Lille Gletscher
estuary
Ikerasak
Ikerasak Island
Uummannaq
Ikerasak Heliport
Air Greenland
Saattut


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