Kangerluaraq, old spelling ''Kangerdluaraq'', is a
fjord
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in the
King Frederick VI Coast
King Frederick VI Coast () 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 Ocean. It is bordered by King ...
,
Kujalleq
Kujalleq (Greenlandic language, Greenlandic: , ) 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
The munic ...
municipality, southern
Greenland
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.
Geography
Kangerluaraq is a narrow fjord lying between the
Kuutseq to the north and the
Nattoralik and
Nanuuseq
Nanuuseq, also known as ''Nanûseq'' or ''Nanusek'' is an uninhabited island in the Kujalleq municipality in southern Greenland.
Geography
Nanuuseq is a coastal island, although it is also considered a peninsula owing to it almost being attached ...
fjords to the south.
It extends in a roughly east–west direction from its mouth in the
North Atlantic Ocean
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for about 24 km until its head. Its entrance is on the northern side of
Cape Walløe (Kangersivasik).
In the same manner as in the fjords further north, dark-hued mountains rise steeply from the shore on both sides. However, there are no
glacier
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s reaching down to the waterline in Kangerluaraq, the fjord ending in a steep and narrow valley at its western end.
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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 Greenland, Northern Greenland, a large area made up entirely of fjords; therefore Peary Land above not a fjord but a fjord area.In Greenland, Northeastern Greenland, a large area made ...
References
External links
Den grønlandske Lods - Sejladsanvisninger Østgrønland
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 convergence
Fjords of Greenland
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