Native name: Saqqisikuik | |
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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]