Torsuut Tunoq (old spelling: Torssuut Tunoq ) is a sound on the southeastern coast of Greenland . It is an inner waterway of the North Atlantic .
14-597: The sound separates Kulusuk Island in the south from Apusiaajik Island in the northeast, and from the small Akinaaq island and smaller skerries in the northwest. The strait waterway connects Ammassalik Fjord in the northwest with the North Atlantic in the southeast, through the Ikaasaartik Strait . During winter pack ice and small icebergs pushed forth by the East Greenland Current ram against
28-596: Is a small mountain range in the eastern part of Kulusuk Island in Sermersooq , southeastern Greenland . At 676-metre-high (2,218 ft), its highest point is the highest mountain on the island. Qalorngoorneq is located in the eastern part of Kulusuk Island , to the southeast of the Kulusuk Airport . To the northeast and to the east, Qalorngoorneq walls fall directly into the North Atlantic . The southern wall
42-452: Is an outlying island in the Ammassalik archipelago of islands on the coast of the North Atlantic . The island is home to Kulusuk , the fourth-largest settlement on the entire eastern coast of Greenland. The island has an area of 41.98 km , and measures 8 km (5.0 mi) from north to south and 11 km (6.8 mi) from west to east. The Kulusuk Airport on the island is one of
56-400: Is one larger lake on the island, Qalorujoornep Tasia , located in a post-glacial cirque in the heart of the island directly west of the western wall of Qalorujoorneq. Its northern shore is situated just shy of the shallow saddle in the northwestern ridge of the mountain, directly above the airport. During the brief summer a stream flows to the west, to then turn north through the depression in
70-693: Is the Naujaangivit cape ( Danish : Kap Dan − a name often extended to the settlement or the island) under the Isikajia mountain (336 m (1,102.4 ft)). To the northeast the island is separated from the Apusiaajik Island by the Ikaasaartik Strait . In the north, the Torsuut Tunoq sound separates it from the small, uninhabited Akinaaq island, ultimately linking it to the Ammassalik Fjord in
84-503: Is the smallest, and the easiest to ascend. Its western wall is the widest, with a prominent pillar in the center falling into a post-glacial cirque filled by the Qalorngoorner Imerarpia lake. Qalorngoorneq has three ridges. Its southeastern ridge extends to the southeastern promontory on the island, with two distinct peaks: Saajat at 603 metres (1,978 ft) and Kangeq at 280 metres (919 ft). The southwestern ridge
98-471: The Kulusuk Airport are ferried to the settlement on both, using the frozen waterway. In the summer, the cargo boats of Royal Arctic Line connect Kulusuk and Tasiilaq , providing an ad hoc alternative for the helicopter flights of Air Greenland . Polar cruises bound for, or returning from the coastal voyages in the Kangertittivaq fjord and the shores of Northeast Greenland National Park often visit
112-426: The area on their way from/to Tasiilaq, albeit without anchoring in the harbour due to the shallowness of the coastal waters in the sound. 65°36′00″N 37°10′30″W / 65.60000°N 37.17500°W / 65.60000; -37.17500 Kulusuk Island Kulusuk Island ( Greenlandic : Kulusup qeqertaa ) is an island in the Sermersooq municipality on the southeastern shore of Greenland . It
126-438: The center of the island, to join the second-largest lake on the island, serving as a water reservoir for the settlement. The reservoir empties into a smaller pond on the edge of the village just south of the coastal scarp. The outflow from the reservoir leads to the west, through a series of smaller interior lakes, draining into Tiivtingaleq bay. All lakes and streams are frozen during winter. Qalorujoorneq Qalorngoorneq
140-480: The northeastern coast, blocking the narrow Ikaasaartik Strait and facilitating the freeze of the much wider Torsuut Tunoq sound. The tidewater Apusiaajik Glacier drains into the sound in its northernmost part. Kulusuk is the only settlement in the area, located on an island of the same name on the southern coast of the sound. The inhabitants of Kulusuk use snowmobiles and traditional dogsleds as additional means of transport during wintertime−families arriving at
154-409: The northwest. To the south and east the island shores are washed by the icy waters of the North Atlantic , through which flows the East Greenland Current . The coast of most of the island is mostly undeveloped, with the mountain walls and slopes falling directly into the ocean. In the west there are several small peninsulas and bays. The largest of the latter is Tiivtingaleq bay to the southwest of
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#1732855106383168-457: The settlement, host to a small harbour used both in all seasons as a starting point for hunting trips. A group of tiny skerries surrounds the coastline in the west, as well as in the north in the vicinity of the village. From north to south, the western skerries are: Sitte , Puullortuluk , Ittitalik , Ittive , and Saattit . The island is hilly, and unlike its immediate neighbours, not glaciated, albeit covered with ice for more than half of
182-478: The two airports on the entire eastern Greenland coast. Among the archaeological ruins on Kulusuk the ancient settlement of Ikaasap Ittiva (Ikâsap Igtiva) is located near the shore at the northern end of the island. This site belongs to the oldest phase of the Saqqaq culture , around 2000 BCE. The island is hilly throughout, with several distinct mountains dominating the eastern and southern coast. The southernmost point
196-419: The year. The highest point on the island is the summit of Qalorujoorneq , at 676 m (2,217.8 ft) topping a wide mountain massif in the southeast, directly above the Kulusuk Airport . Qalorujoorneq has three ridges. Its southeastern ridge extends to the southeastern promontory on the island, with two distinct peaks: Saajat at 603 metres (1,978 ft) and Kangeq at 280 metres (919 ft). There
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