Tasersuaq ( old spelling: ''Taserssuaq'') is a large

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in the

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municipality in central-western

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. The name of the lake means ''large lake'' in the

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, and is a common name shared by several lakes in the country.

Geography

Tasersuaq is a latitudinal lake of elongated sausage shape, extending from approximately in the west to in the east, located halfway between

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in the west and

Kangerlussuaq Kangerlussuaq (; ; ) is a settlement in western Greenland in the Qeqqata municipalities of Greenland, municipality located at the head of the Kangerlussuaq Fjord, fjord of the same name. It was Greenland's main air transport hub and the site of G ...

in the east, approximately east of the former, and west of the latter. In the northwest the lake is bounded by tall mountains of the

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mountain group. The range flattens considerably towards the east in the area of Kangaamiut dike swarm north of Kangerlussuaq, due to pressure exerted by the

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() for long periods in the past. The eastern end of the lake is located just west of the Tarajornitsut highland.

References

Panorama

{{Panorama , image = File:Tasersuaq lake in summer 2010 (1).jpg , height = 300 , alt = Tasersuaq lake photographed during Arctic Circle Trail, Greenland , caption = {{center, Panorama of Tasersuaq lake from 9 August 2010 Lakes of Greenland ceb:Tasersuaq (lanaw sa Qeqqata, lat 67,13, long -53,05) sv:Tasersuaq (sjö i Grönland, Qeqqata, lat 67,13, long -53,05)