Ensomheden, meaning 'Loneliness' in the Danish language, is an uninhabited island in southeastern Greenland. Administratively it is part of the Sermersooq municipality. The weather of the island is characterized by tundra climate.[1]

Ensomheden

Ensomheden
Geography
Location	North Atlantic Ocean Southeastern Greenland
Coordinates	63°43′30″N 41°13′45″W
Length	3.2 km (1.99 mi)
Width	1.5 km (0.93 mi)
Highest elevation	209 m (686 ft)
Administration
Greenland
Municipality	Sermersooq
Demographics
Population	0

Geography

Ensomheden is an island in the Bernstorff Fjord of the King Frederick VI Coast, located between the Odinland Peninsula to the north and the Thorland Peninsula to the south. It lies within the fjord, about 33 kilometres (21 miles) from its mouth in the North Atlantic Ocean.[2] The waters around the island are mostly clogged by ice calved by the active glaciers at the head of the fjord.[3]

The island is 3.2 kilometres (2 miles) long with a maximum width of 1.5 kilometres (1 mile).[4]

Bibliography

• Spencer Apollonio, Lands That Hold One Spellbound: A Story of East Greenland, 2008

See also

• List of islands of Greenland

References

External links

• Picture of Ensomheden in the middle of Bernstorff Fjord
• Evidence for the asynchronous retreat of large outlet glaciers in southeast Greenland at the end of the last glaciation
• Den grønlandske Lods - Sejladsanvisninger Østgrønland
• Gazetteer of Greenland