Outer Kitsissut (Danish: Ydre Kitsissut, old spelling Ydre Kitsigsut), also known as Thorstein Islands[1] or Torstein Islands,[2] is an island group in the Kujalleq municipality in southern Greenland.
Ydre Kitsissut Torstein Islands | |
|---|---|
  Outer Kitsissut | |
| Geography | |
| Location | Labrador Sea Southern Greenland |
| Coordinates | 60°45′N 48°24′W / 60.750°N 48.400°W |
| Major islands | Thorstein |
| Highest elevation | 116 m (381 ft) |
| Administration | |
Greenland | |
| Municipality | Kujalleq |
| Demographics | |
| Population | 0 |
Geography
editOuter Kitsissut is located 9.5 kilometres (6 miles) to the west-north-west of Cape Desolation 5 km from the shore. It is a compact cluster of small islets and rocks, with a length of 10 km and a width of 5 km.[3] The highest and largest islet is Thorstein Island in the centre of the group, having a maximum length of about 0.7 km with a maximum height of 116 m.[4]
The Inner Kitsissut group lies 4 km to the northeast of the northern end of the cluster at the mouth of the Coppermine Bay.[5]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Kaj Kampp & Knud Falk, The Birds of Ydre Kitsissut (Kitsissut Avalliit), Southwest Greenland
- ^ War Diary, 3/1/43 to 5/31/43 › Page 36
- ^ Ydre Kitsissut
- ^ Sailing Directions (Enroute), Pub. 181: Greenland and Iceland (PDF). Sailing Directions. United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. 2017. p. 21.
- ^ GoogleEarth