Kattertooq, meaning 'where there is much blue ice' in the

Greenlandic language Greenlandic, also known by its Endonym and exonym, endonym Kalaallisut (, ), is an Inuit languages, Inuit language belonging to the Eskaleut languages#Internal classification, Eskimoan branch of the Eskaleut languages, Eskaleut language family. ...

,) is a

fjord In physical geography, a fjord (also spelled fiord in New Zealand English; ) is a long, narrow sea inlet with steep sides or cliffs, created by a glacier. Fjords exist on the coasts of Antarctica, the Arctic, and surrounding landmasses of the n ...

of 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 ...

in the

Sermersooq Sermersooq () is a municipality in Greenland, formed on 1 January 2009 from five previous, smaller municipalities. Its administrative seat is the city of Nuuk (formerly called Godthåb), the capital of Greenland, and it is the most populous ...

municipality, southeastern

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Geography

Kattertooq is located north of the King Dan Peninsula ''(Kong Dan Halvø)''. It is oriented in a NW/SE direction and has a tributary fjord branching eastwards 25 km from its mouth. To the east it opens into the

North Atlantic Ocean The Atlantic Ocean is the second largest of the world's five oceanic divisions, with an area of about . It covers approximately 17% of Earth's surface and about 24% of its water surface area. During the Age of Discovery, it was known for se ...

with Uiivaq island on the northern and the entrance of

Sehested Fjord Sehested Fjord ()) is a fjord of the King Frederick VI Coast in the Sermersooq municipality, southeastern Greenland. This fjord was named in 1829 by Lieutenant W. A. Graah after Danish Admiral Christen Thomesen Sehested. Geography Sehested Fjor ...

(Uummannap Kangertiva) and Griffenfeld Island on the southern side of its mouth. This fjord has a large, active glacier at its head, the Skinfaxe Glacier, which has its terminus in the fjord shortly after its confluence with the

Tjasse Glacier Tjasse (Den grønlandske Lods – Geodatastyrelsen

joining it from the west.

History

Uivaq is a

Paleo-Eskimo The Paleo-Eskimo meaning ''"old Eskimos"'', also known as, pre-Thule people, Thule or pre-Inuit, were the peoples who inhabited the Arctic region from Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Chukotka (e.g., Chertov Ovrag) in present-day Russia across North Am ...

archaeological site near the entrance to a sound on Kattertooq's northern coast. Skjoldungen v2-ed

References

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External links

The mineral resource assessment project, South-East Greenland - GEUSGeology & Ore No. 14 - GEUS
Fjords of Greenland Sermersooq

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