Kangerluaraq

Kangerluaraq,[1] old spelling Kangerdluaraq, is a fjord in the King Frederick VI Coast, Kujalleq municipality, southern Greenland.[2]

Kangerluaraq
Kangerdluaraq
Kangerluaraq Location in Greenland
Location	Arctic (SE Greenland)
Coordinates	60°35′N 42°59′W
Ocean/sea sources	North Atlantic Ocean
Basin countries	Greenland
Max. length	24 km (15 mi)
Max. width	1.7 km (1.1 mi)

Geography

Kangerluaraq is a narrow fjord lying between the Kuutseq to the north and the Nattoralik and Nanuuseq fjords to the south. It extends in a roughly east–west direction from its mouth in the North Atlantic Ocean for about 24 km until its head. Its entrance is on the northern side of Cape Walløe (Kangersivasik).[3]

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 glaciers reaching down to the waterline in Kangerluaraq, the fjord ending in a steep and narrow valley at its western end.[4]

Map of Greenland section showing Kangerluaraq

See also

• List of fjords of Greenland

References

1. Den grønlandske Lods - Geodatastyrelsen
2. Prostar Sailing Directions 2005 Greenland and Iceland Enroute, p. 100
3. "Kangerdluaraq". Mapcarta. Retrieved 6 May 2016.
4. GoogleEarth

External links

• Den grønlandske Lods - Sejladsanvisninger Østgrønland
• Ketilidian structure and the rapakivi suite between Lindenow Fjord and Kap Farvel, South-East Greenland
• The Ketilidian orogen of South Greenland: geochronology, tectonics, magmatism, and fore-arc accretion during Palaeoproterozoic oblique convergence