page_title: Ammassalik Fjord
section_title: Geography
hierarchical_section_title: Ammassalik Fjord / Geography
caption_attribution_description: English: Night shot of Tasiilaq, eastern Greenland in the summer.
context_page_description: Ammassalik Fjord is a 41 km long fjord in the Sermersooq municipality in southeastern Greenland.
context_section_description: The head of the fjord at 65°58′N 37°06′W is formed by the confluence of two narrow, tributary fjords: Qingertivaq Fjord and Tasiilaq Fjord (one of two fjords of that name). The fjord has a north-to-south orientation in its northern part, to then turn midway to the south-west-south at approximately 65°50′N 37°03′W. While the shores of the northern part separate peninsulas of the mainland of Greenland, the southern, progressively wider half of the fjord separates the large Ammassalik Island in the west from islands of the eponymous Ammassalik Archipelago in the east and southeast, including the largest, Apusiaajik Island.
  The fjord is joined by narrow waterways with other waterbodies in the region: the Ikaasartivaq Strait separating Ammassalik Island from the mainland connects the fjord to the wider Sermilik Fjord in the west, while the Torsuut Tunoq sound and the Ikaasaartik Strait connect the fjord to the open North Atlantic.
caption: Tasiilaq Fjord opens into the bay in the North Atlantic south of the wide mouth of Ammassalik Fjord
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