page_title: Griffenfeld Island
section_title: Geography
hierarchical_section_title: Griffenfeld Island / Geography
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: King Frederick VI Coast
context_page_description: Griffenfeld Island, Griffenfeldt Island, or Umanaq, after the name of the highest peak. is an uninhabited island in the Sermersooq municipality in southern Greenland.
context_section_description: Griffenfeld Island is a coastal island located off King Frederick VI Coast in southeastern Greenland, separated from the mainland by a narrow sound. It lies south of the mouth of Sehested Fjord and Kattertooq, and north of the mouth of Timmiarmiut Fjord. Its length is 14 kilometres (9 miles) and its maximum width 5.5 kilometres (3 miles).
  The island's coast is deeply indented and off its shore lie several small islets.
caption: Picture of the Sehested Fjord mouth area with Griffenfeld Island in the lower right corner.
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