Nuup Kangerlua
Nuup Kangerlua[1] is a 160 km (99.4 mi) long fjord[2] in the Sermersooq municipality in southwestern Greenland. It was formerly known as Gilbert Sound[3] and Baal's River.[4]
It is the longest fjord on the Labrador Sea coast of Greenland, and one of the longest in the inhabited part of the country.[2] From its position beside the island's capital, it was formerly known as Godthaab Fjord (Danish: Godthåbsfjorden).
Geography
The fjord head is located deep inland, with the fjord beginning as an icefjord at Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found., with two glaciers draining the Greenland ice sheet (Greenlandic: Sermersuaq) flowing into the fjord.
Initially, the fjord flows to the northwest, to then turn southwest at Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found., splitting into three arms in its lower run, with three large, mountainous islands in between the arms: Sermitsiaq Island with the Sermitsiaq mountain visible from most of Nuuk, Qeqertarsuaq Island, and Qoornuup Qeqertarsua Island.[5]
The fjord widens into a bay dotted with skerries near its mouth, opening into Labrador Sea at approximately Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found., near the former Kangeq settlement.
Settlement
Nuuk, the capital of Greenland, is located near the mouth of the fjord, on a mountainous peninsula bounding the fjord from the southeast. Kapisillit is located 75 km (47 mi) northeast of Nuuk, near the head of Kapisillit Kangerluaq,[5] one of the tributary fjords of Nuup Kangerlua.
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- ↑ Markham, Clements R. The Voyages of William Baffin. Hakluyt Society.
- ↑ Nicoll, James. An Historical and Descriptive Account of Iceland, Greenland and the Faroe Islands. Oliver & Boyd, 1840.
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