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
Baffin Bay Canadian mine in the Arctic. The mine was closed in 2002 due to declining resources and metal prices. Whereas the town still has a functional seaport and an airport, as of the 2006 census, it has an official population of zero. Baffin Bay was the epicenter of a 7.3 magnitude earthquake in 1933. This is the largest known earthquake north of the Arctic Circle. It caused no damage because of its offshore location and the small number of the nearby onshore communities. The northwestern part of the bay remains one of the most seismically active regions in eastern Canada. Five