Napasorsuaq Fjord or Napasorsuup Kangerlua (also known as 'Napassorssuaq Fjord' and 'Kangerdlugsuatsiak') is a
fjord
In physical geography, a fjord or fiord () is a long, narrow inlet with steep sides or cliffs, created by a glacier. Fjords exist on the coasts of Alaska, Antarctica, British Columbia, Chile, Denmark, Förden and East Jutland Fjorde, Germany, ...
of the
King Frederick VI Coast
King Frederick VI Coast ( da, Kong Frederik VI Kyst) is a major geographic division of Greenland. It comprises the coastal area of Southeastern Greenland in Sermersooq and Kujalleq municipalities fronting the Irminger Sea of the North Atlantic ...
in the
Sermersooq
Sermersooq (, da, sted med meget is, lit=place of much ice) is a municipality in Greenland, formed on 1 January 2009 from five earlier, smaller municipalities. Its administrative seat is the city of Nuuk (formerly called Godthåb), the capital ...
municipality, southeastern
Greenland
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.
Geography
Napasorsuaq Fjord's mouth is located between
Puisortup Kangerlua to the north and
Anorituup Kangerlua to the south. It extends in a roughly east–west direction for about 20 km, bending in a NW/SE direction for a further 15 km, then it bends again in a NE/SW direction for a further 7 km.
To the east the fjord opens into the
North Atlantic Ocean
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. At its head there are three large
glacier
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s. The southern end of its mouth is at a point north of the island of
Qulleq
Qulleq, Qutdleq or Kutdlek is an uninhabited island in the King Frederick VI Coast, Sermersooq municipality in southern Greenland. Geography
Qulleq is an irregularly-shaped island that lies off the southeastern coast of Greenland. It is located 5. ...
.
The northern side of the entrance of the fjord is
Cape Daniel Rantzau, the SE headland of an irregularly-shaped coastal island located on the northern side of the mouth of the fjord —on the same island on which the
Cape Cort Adelaer weather station
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stood. The island is separated from the mainland coast by the
Tunua sound.
Mountains
There are high mountains rising on both sides of the fjord towards the inner side. A peak at the head of the fjord rises steeply to a height of on the southern side above the glacier at . Further inland there is a massive mountain located at and 5 km further to the west a glacier-topped mountain at .
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See also
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List of fjords of Greenland
This is a list of the most important fjords of Greenland:In Northern Greenland, a large area made up entirely of fjords; therefore Peary Land above not a fjord but a fjord area.In Northeastern Greenland, a large area made up entirely of fjo ...
References
External links
New insights on the north-eastern part of the Ketilidian orogen in South-East Greenland
Fjords of Greenland
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