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The coast of Karrat Fjord has been the scene of large landslides, one of which generated a megatsunami: On 1 September 2009, a landslide consisting of 2,800,000 cubic metres (3,700,000 cu yd) of material occurred on the south-facing slope of the mountain Ummiammakku at 71°38′20″N 052°19′16″W / 71.63889°N 52.32111°W / 71. ...
Nuugaatsiaq (old spelling: Nûgâtsiaq) is a settlement in the Avannaata municipality, in northwestern Greenland, located on an island off the southern coast of Sigguup Nunaa peninsula, in the Uummannaq Fjord basin. It had 84 inhabitants in 2010, [1] but was abandoned after a tsunami struck in 2017.
On 17 June 2017, a 300 m × 1,100 m (980 ft × 3,610 ft) landslide fell approximately 1,000 m (3,280 ft) into Karrat Fjord in the Uummannaq area of western Greenland. The resulting tsunami hit the Nuugaatsiaq settlement, killing four people, injuring nine, and dragging eleven buildings into the water.
A 650-foot tsunami in Greenland was the result of melting glacial ice that caused a landslide. The waves it created bounced back and forth for nine days.
Several fjords cut deep into the peninsula. Running from the western shore inland to then turn north, Sullua (4x50km) is the main waterway, cutting the peninsula into two parts, northwestern being the smaller. Parallel Umiiviup Kangerlua (4x8km) and Kangiusap Imaa (3x7km) fjord bays cut into the southeastern shore.
A tsunami stemming from a landslide was behind a surprising seismic event last year that shook the earth for nine days, researchers said. Mysterious 9-day seismic event triggered by 650-foot ...
The investigation (involving 68 scientists, 40 institutions, and 18 countries) eventually revealed that the likely culprit was a rockslide in Dickson Fjord, located on the central east coast of ...
Bernstorff Fjord; Bessel Fjord; Bessel Fjord, NW Greenland; Bowdoin Fjord; Carlsberg Fjord (Kangerterajitta Itterterilaq) Cass Fjord; Danmark Fjord; De Dodes Fjord; Deichmann Fjord; Dickson Fjord (branch of King Oscar Fjord notable due to the September 2023 rockslide and associated 9-day seismic event caused by a seiche megatsunami) Dijmphna ...