Paatusoq, mentioned as 'Patursok' by

Wilhelm August Graah Wilhelm August Graah (1793–1863) was a Danish naval officer and Arctic explorer. Graah had mapped areas of West Greenland when he, in 1828–30, was sent by King Frederick VI of Denmark on an expedition to the unmapped eastern coast with t ...

, is a

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in 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 ...

Kujalleq Kujalleq ( Greenlandic: , da, Den Syden, lit=The South) is a municipality on the southern tip of Greenland, operational from 1 January 2009. The administrative center of the municipality is in Qaqortoq (formerly called Julianehåb). Creation ...

municipality, southeastern

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. Its name means "The one with the big mouth" in the Greenlandic language.

Geography

Paatusoq Fjord extends in a roughly east–west direction for about between the

Danell Fjord Iluileq ( da, Danell Fjord) is a fjord in the King Frederick VI Coast, Kujalleq municipality, southern Greenland.''Prostar Sailing Directions 2005 Greenland and Iceland Enroute'', p. 100 This fjord was named by Wilhelm August Graah after David D ...

to the north and the Kuutseq Fjord to the south. To the east the fjord opens into the

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southwest of

Cape Discord Cape Discord ( da, Kap Discord), also known as Kangeq, is a headland in the North Atlantic Ocean, southeast Greenland, Kujalleq municipality. History Cape Discord was named in old maps before Lieutenant Wilhelm August Graah passed it in 1829 dur ...

. There are two rocks awash in its mouth and Qasingortoq, a point marks its entrance. Danell Fjord lies close to the north, running parallel to Paatusoq. Paatusoq has a short branch midway into its southern shore at about from the fjord's mouth with a

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reaching down to the waterline.

Mountains

In the western part of Paatusoq the mountain ranges on both sides of the fjord rise steeply from the shore to heights of about . The massive succession of mountains on the northern side culminates in

Mount Paatusoq Mount Paatusoq, also known as 'Mount Patuersoq', is the highest mountain in the Kujalleq municipality, SE Greenland. Paatusoq is also the highest peak in the King Frederick VI Coast area of far southeastern Greenland. History Long considered the ...

(Patuersoq), a magnificent

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at towering to a height of above the glacier at the head of the fjord.

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This mountain is marked as a peak in the

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Greenland Navigation charts.1:1,000,000 scale Operational Navigation Chart, Sheet D-16
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Bibliography

The Lost Gardar Intrusion: Critical Metal Exploration at the Paatusoq Syenite Complex, South East Greenland

References

External links

Den grønlandske Lods - GeodatastyrelsenThe Magmatic and Fluid Evolution of the Motzfeldt Intrusion in South Greenland: Insights into the Formation of Agpaitic and Miaskitic Rocks

Ketilidian structure and the rapakivi suite between Lindenow Fjord and Kap Farvel, South-East GreenlandThe Ketilidian orogen of South Greenland: geochronology, tectonics, magmatism, and fore-arc accretion during Palaeoproterozoic oblique convergencePhotographs just in from Paatusoq site 22 September 2014
Fjords of Greenland {{Greenland-geo-stub

Geography

Mountains

See also

Bibliography

References

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