Torsukattak Fjord (Disko Bay) south of Qeqertakavsak. Torsukattak Fjord (Disko Bay) Torsukattak is a fjord in western Greenland. Administratively it is part of the Qaasuitsup municipality. Torsukattak Fjord is located to the east of Disko Island (Qeqertarsuaq), across the sound. The fjord is oriented in a roughly east/west direction and opens into the Disko Bay of the Baffin Bay. It has a large glacier and a nunatak at its head. The 520 m high island of Oqaatsoq is on the southern side of the mouth and Qeqertakavsak lies on the southern shore of the fjord 23 km from its mouth. There are several smaller
Frozen Strait Frozen Strait Frozen Strait is a waterway in Nunavut just north of Hudson Bay between the Melville Peninsula to the north and Southampton Island to the south. It connects Repulse Bay to the west with Foxe Basin to the east. The strait is long, and 19 to 32 km (12 to 20 miles) wide. In 1615 Robert Bylot was blocked by ice at its east end. In 1742 Christopher Middleton (navigator) reached the west end. He sailed north through Roes Welcome Sound to Repulse Bay. Seeing the strait ice-filled in August, it seemed clear that there was no passage so