Anorituup Kangerlua, also known as Anoritoq or Anortek Fjord,
is a
fjord
In physical geography, a fjord or fiord () is a long, narrow inlet with steep sides or cliffs, created by a glacier. Fjords exist on the coasts of Alaska, Antarctica, British Columbia, Chile, Denmark, Förden and East Jutland Fjorde, Germany, ...
in
King Frederick VI Coast
King Frederick VI Coast ( da, Kong Frederik VI Kyst) 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 ...
, southern
Greenland
Greenland ( kl, Kalaallit Nunaat, ; da, Grønland, ) is an island country in North America that is part of the Kingdom of Denmark. It is located between the Arctic and Atlantic oceans, east of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. Greenland i ...
.
Geography
This fjord marks the border between the
Sermersooq
Sermersooq (, da, sted med meget is, lit=place of much ice) is a municipality in Greenland, formed on 1 January 2009 from five earlier, smaller municipalities. Its administrative seat is the city of Nuuk (formerly called Godthåb), the capital ...
municipality
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The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...
to the north and the
Kujalleq
Kujalleq ( Greenlandic: , da, Den Syden, lit=The South) is a municipality on the southern tip of Greenland, operational from 1 January 2009. The administrative center of the municipality is in Qaqortoq (formerly called Julianehåb).
Creation
...
municipality to the south in the eastern coast of Greenland.
Anorituup Kangerlua extends in a roughly E/W direction for about 50 km between
Napasorsuaq Fjord to the north and
Avaqqat Kangerluat
Avaqqat Kangerluat, also known as ''Avarqqat Kangerluat'', ''Avaqqat Kangerlua'' and ''Puiagtoq Fjord'', is a fjord in the King Frederick VI Coast, Kujalleq municipality, southern Greenland. History
This fjord was referred to as "Auarket" by Lieute ...
Fjord to the south.
Kangikitsua
Anorituup Kangerlua, also known as Anoritoq or Anortek Fjord, is a fjord in King Frederick VI Coast, southern Greenland.
Geography
This fjord marks the border between the Sermersooq municipality to the north and the Kujalleq municipality to th ...
is a tributary fjord branching on the southern shore within the fjord. To the east Anorituup Kangerlua opens into the
North Atlantic Ocean
The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's five oceans, with an area of about . It covers approximately 20% of Earth's surface and about 29% of its water surface area. It is known to separate the "Old World" of Africa, Europe an ...
. The
Qulleq
Qulleq, Qutdleq or Kutdlek is an uninhabited island in the King Frederick VI Coast, Sermersooq municipality in southern Greenland. Geography
Qulleq is an irregularly-shaped island that lies off the southeastern coast of Greenland. It is located 5. ...
group of coastal islands lies to the northeast of the northern end of its mouth.
The
Akia Peninsula is at the southern end of its mouth and the Anorituup Qeqertag islet cluster at its northern end. Off the southern side of the entrance is
Isortoq Bay, with
Nuuk Point at its eastern end.
[''Prostar Sailing Directions 2005 Greenland and Iceland Enroute'', p. 101] There are a number of large
glacier
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s at his head.
Mountains
A high
ultra-prominent peak
An ultra-prominent peak, or Ultra for short, is a mountain summit with a topographic prominence of or more; it is also called a P1500.
The prominence of a peak is the minimum height of climb to the summit on any route from a higher peak, or fro ...
rises steeply from the shore on the northern side of the fjord at ;
Pyramiden
Pyramiden (; rus, Пирами́да, r=Piramída, p=pʲɪrɐˈmʲidə; literally 'The Pyramid') is an abandoned Soviet coal mining settlement on the Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard which has become a tourist destination. Founded by Sweden in ...
is a high rocky
pyramidal peak
A pyramidal peak, sometimes called a glacial horn in extreme cases, is an angular, sharply pointed mountain peak which results from the cirque erosion due to multiple glaciers diverging from a central point. Pyramidal peaks are often examples ...
rising a little further north above the glacier entering the confluence at the head of the fjord from the east at .
See also
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List of fjords of Greenland
This is a list of the most important fjords of Greenland:In Northern Greenland, a large area made up entirely of fjords; therefore Peary Land above not a fjord but a fjord area.In Northeastern Greenland, a large area made up entirely of fjo ...
References
External links
Den grønlandske Lods - Sejladsanvisninger ØstgrønlandNew insights on the north-eastern part of the Ketilidian orogen in South-East Greenland
Fjords of Greenland
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