Timmiarmiit

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Timmiarmiit
Heimdal Gletscher aerial 2018 crop.jpg
The northern part of Timmiarmiit in the foreground, with Heimdal Glacier behind it
Location of Timmiarmiit
Geography
LocationNorth Atlantic Ocean
Southern Greenland
Coordinates62°45′N 42°10′W / 62.750°N 42.167°W / 62.750; -42.167Coordinates: 62°45′N 42°10′W / 62.750°N 42.167°W / 62.750; -42.167
Area229.3 km2 (88.5 sq mi)
Length30 km (19 mi)
Width16 km (9.9 mi)
Coastline140.6 km (87.36 mi)
Highest elevation1,300 m (4300 ft)
Highest point
Administration
Greenland
MunicipalitySermersooq
Demographics
Population0

Timmiarmiit (old spelling 'Tingmiarmit') is an uninhabited island of the King Frederick VI Coast, Sermersooq municipality, southern Greenland.

Geography[]

The island is located at the entrance of the Timmiarmiut Fjord in a very indented area of King Frederick VI Coast in southeastern Greenland. Timmiarmiit's coastline is very irregular with a deep fjord on its eastern side that almost divides the island in two. It has an area of 229.3 km ² and a shoreline of 140.6 kilometres.[1] It is separated from the mainland in the north by the Timmiarmiit Tunorqútariât, a narrow sound. Off its southern shoreline lie the islands of and , as well as a multitude of islets and rocks.[2]

The Qivítip Igtiva and Inukasingmit Paleo-Eskimo archaeological sites are located on the SW of the island —the latter on an islet off the shore— and the Sarpap Tupertivâ site on the NW headland. All former Inuit settlements on Timmiarmiit are on shoreline locations.[3]

'Tingmiarmiut' Island in a 1944 map of the area around Skjoldungen.

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