Kangerluk Fjord

For the settlement in western Greenland, see Kangerluk.
Kangerluk
Kangerluluarak
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Location of Kangerluk Fjord
Kangerluk is located in Greenland
Kangerluk
Kangerluk
Location in Greenland
LocationArctic (SE Greenland)
Coordinates60°59′N 42°46′W / 60.983°N 42.767°W / 60.983; -42.767
Ocean/sea sourcesNorth Atlantic Ocean
Basin countriesGreenland
Max. length11 km (6.8 mi)
Max. width3.5 km (2.2 mi)
References[1]

Kangerluk, also known as Kangerluluarak,[2] is a fjord in the King Frederick VI Coast, Kujalleq municipality, southern Greenland.

History

In Kangerluk there is a small cove at a place named Saqqap Nuua (Serkertnua) where Lieutenant Wilhelm August Graah was detained seventeen days in 1829 during his East Coast expedition owing to the difficult ice and weather conditions to the north.[3]

Mountains

Kangerluk is a short fjord. Several glaciers discharge into the fjord from the Graah Mountains (Graah Fjelde) rising to the west and displaying purple and blue strata.[4]

Kangerluk extends in a roughly northwest–southeast direction for 11 km (6.8 mi) between Kangerluluk Fjord to the north and Iluileq Fjord (Danell Fjord) to the south. To the southeast the fjord opens into the North Atlantic Ocean NW of Cape Discord and the island of Iluileq.[5]

See also

References

  1. ^ Google Earth
  2. ^ Den grønlandske Lods - Geodatastyrelsen
  3. ^ W. A. Graah, Narrative of an Expedition to the East Coast of Greenland, London, 1837 p. 72
  4. ^ Prostar Sailing Directions 2005 Greenland and Iceland Enroute, p. 100
  5. ^ "Kangerluk". Mapcarta. Retrieved 26 May 2019.
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