Ilulissat Icefjord

This article is about the World Heritage Site in western Greenland. For the fjord in eastern Greenland, see Isfjord.
Ilulissat Icefjord
UNESCO World Heritage Site
Iceberg making its way through Ilulissat Icefjord
LocationAvannaata, Greenland
CriteriaNatural: (vii), (viii)
Reference1149
Inscription2004 (28th Session)
Area402,400 ha (994,000 acres)
Coordinates69°08′N 49°30′W / 69.133°N 49.500°W / 69.133; -49.500
Ilulissat Icefjord is located in Greenland
Ilulissat Icefjord
Location of Ilulissat Icefjord in Greenland

Ilulissat Icefjord (Greenlandic: Ilulissat Kangerlua) is a fjord in western Greenland. Located 250 km north of the Arctic Circle, the Ilulissat Icefjord runs west 40 km (25 mi) from the Greenland ice sheet to Disko Bay just south of the town of Ilulissat.[1] Ilulissat Icefjord was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2004 because of its natural beauty and the importance of the fast-moving Jakobshavn Glacier in developing the current scientific understanding of anthropogenic climate change.[1]

Map
Map of Ilulissat Icefjord
  1. ^ a b "Ilulissat Icefjord". UNESCO World Heritage Centre. United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization. Retrieved 19 Jun 2021.