Torsukattak is a fjord in western Greenland. Administratively it is part of Avannaata municipality.

Geography

Torsukattak Fjord is located to the east of Disko Island (Qeqertarsuaq), across the sound. The fjord is oriented in a roughly east–west direction and opens into the Disko Bay of the Baffin Bay. It has a large glacier and a nunatak at its head.

Torsukattak Fjord (Disko Bay)

The 520 m high island of Oqaatsoq is on the southern side of the mouth and Qeqertakavsak lies on the southern shore of the fjord 23 km from its mouth. There are several smaller islands and islets south of Qeqertakavsak.

Torsukattak Fjord (Disko Bay)

Bibliography

Ivar Haug (2005). Gazetteer of Greenland UBiT (Trondheim University Library),

Torsukattak Fjord (Disko Bay)

See also

List of fjords of Greenland

References

External links

Picture of Oqaitsut across Torssukatak

Fjords of Greenland

Avannaata

Disko Bay