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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.
It started with a melting glacier that set off a landslide, which triggered a tsunami. Then the Earth began to shake A landslide triggered a 650-foot mega-tsunami in Greenland.
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.
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Illorsuit (Greenlandic pronunciation: [iɬːɔsːuit]; old spelling: Igdlorssuit) is a former settlement in Avannaata municipality, in western Greenland. Located on the northeastern shore of Illorsuit Island − northwest of Uummannaq at the mouth of the Uummannaq Fjord − the settlement had 91 inhabitants in 2010. [1] It was abandoned in 2018.
The landslide began when a 1.2km-high mountain peak collapsed into the fjord, unleashing a 200m-tall wave through the narrow waterway. ... Survey of Denmark and Greenland said that this was the ...