Skjoldungen
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Skjoldungen () 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.
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- island
- Named after
- Scylding
- Official name
- Saqqisikuik
- Country
- Greenland
- Located in
- Sermersooq
- Population
- 0
- Area
- 450
- Elevation
- 1738
- Time zone
- UTC−03:00
- Body of water
- Irminger Sea
- Highest point
- Azimuthbjerg
- Image
- Kattertooq-ONC D-16.jpg
- Width
- 14
- Length
- 49
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Skjoldungen () 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.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Skjoldungen” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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