Native name: Saqqisikuik | |
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 Skjoldungen and adjacent fjords map section | |
 Map of Skjoldungen | |
  Skjoldungen Location of Skjoldungen in Greenland | |
| Geography | |
| Location | Irminger Sea |
| Coordinates | 63°19′N 41°30′W / 63.317°N 41.500°W |
| Adjacent to | North Atlantic Ocean |
| Area | 450.3 km2 (173.9 sq mi) |
| Area rank | 18th largest in Greenland |
| Length | 49 km (30.4 mi) |
| Width | 14 km (8.7 mi) |
| Coastline | 158.8 km (98.67 mi) |
| Highest elevation | 1,738 m (5702 ft) |
| Highest point | Azimuthbjerg |
| Administration | |
| Municipality | Sermersooq |
| Demographics | |
| Population | 0 (2021) |
| Pop. density | 0/km2 (0/sq mi) |
| Ethnic groups | Inuit |
Skjoldungen (Greenlandic: Saqqisikuik)[1] 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.[2]
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.[3]
- ^ "Den grønlandske Lods - Geodatastyrelsen" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-10-28. Retrieved 2016-05-06.
- ^ "Skjoldungen Weather". AccuWeather. Retrieved 8 April 2016.
- ^ Friedrich Christoph Dahlmann (1822). "Forschungen auf dem Gebiete der Geschichte". p. 386. Retrieved 2022-07-11.