Kuannersuit Kuussuat
- Country:Denmark (Greenland)
- Site number:383
- Area:3,800 ha
- Designation date:27-01-1988
- Coordinates:69°38'N 53°17'W
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Overview
Kuannersuit Kuussuat is situated on the island of Qeqertarsuaq, west of Greenland. It consists of a broad valley with the channels of a braided river flowing through it. The Site features several hot springs and a glacier at the head of the valley; its ice cover has been constantly varying, and the Site has been influenced by glacier surges, in which the glacier advances very rapidly in a very short period. Between 1995 and 1999, the glacier covered the upper two kilometres (14%) of the Ramsar Site. The area is important for several species of breeding waterbird, which are also nationally and globally red-listed, such as the Greenland white-fronted goose. Local people harvest some of the area’s natural resources, but this has only a minor impact on the Site.
Administrative region:
Kommune Qeqertalik
- National legal designation:
- Area important to wildlife (Anon. 2000)
- Ramsar site - Kuannersuit Kuussuat
- Last publication date:15-07-2019
Downloads
Ramsar Information Sheet (RIS)
Archived RIS
Site map
Additional reports and documents
- A description of the site in a national or regional wetland inventory