Current view: Text account
Site description (2000 baseline):
Site location and context
Sullorsuaq is a broad, U-shaped valley with glacial melt-water channels present in its lower reaches. Raised flats of tundra and dwarf-shrub heath vegetation occur, with large areas of freshwater marsh at lower altitudes. Aqajarua is a shallow, soft-bottomed, offshore marine area.
Large numbers of moulting
Somateria spectabilis have been present in the recent past (30,000 individuals in the 1960s).
Pressure/threats to key biodiversity
The importance of Aqajarua as a moulting ground for
Somateria spectabilis has been greatly reduced, probably due to disturbance from hunting and clam-dredging activities.
National None
International PartialIBA overlaps with Ramsar Site (Aqajarua-Sullorsuaq).
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Aqajarua-Sullorsuaq (Mudderbugten and Kvandalen) (Greenland (to Denmark)). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/aqajarua-sullorsuaq-(mudderbugten-and-kvandalen)-iba-greenland-(to-denmark) on 26/12/2024.
