Alanngorsuaq Fjord, also known as Coppermine Bay ( da, Kobberminebugt), 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 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 in 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 ...

. At the mouth of the fjord the coastline of southwestern Greenland turns to the east towards

Qaqortoq Qaqortoq, formerly Julianehåb, is a city in the Kujalleq municipality in southern Greenland, located near Cape Thorvaldsen. With a population of 3,050 in 2020, it is the most populous town and the municipal capital in southern Greenland and the ...

Geography

Alanngorsuaq Fjord opens towards the west a few miles north of

Cape Desolation Cape Desolation ( da, Kap Desolation), also known as 'Cape Brill', is a headland in southwest Greenland in the Kujalleq municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-gove ...

. The

Inner Kitsissut Inner Kitsissut ( da, Indre Kitsissut, old spelling Indre Kitsigsut) is an island group in the Kujalleq municipality in southern Greenland. Geography Inner Kitsissut is located at the mouth of Coppermine Bay on the southern side, at a minimum di ...

islands lie on the southern side of the mouth of the bay. The fjord is long,Norwegian University of Science and Technology
with an east-north-east − west-south-west orientation, opening into the

Labrador Sea The Labrador Sea (French: ''mer du Labrador'', Danish: ''Labradorhavet'') is an arm of the North Atlantic Ocean between the Labrador Peninsula and Greenland. The sea is flanked by continental shelves to the southwest, northwest, and northeast. It ...

. There are several oblong, uninhabited islands in the inner part of the fjord, its mouth widening into a bay at the confluence with the Labrador Sea at approximately . File:Alanngorsuaq-fjordmouth-labrador-sea-iceberg.jpg, An iceberg floating at the mouth of the fjord; southern end File:Alanngorsuaq-fjord-mouth.jpg, The mouth of Alanngorsuaq Fjord; northern end

Settlement

The shores of the fjord are uninhabited.

Arsuk Arsuk is a village in the Sermersooq municipality in southwestern Greenland. It had 73 inhabitants in 2020. The name of the settlement means ''the beloved place'' in the Greenlandic language.

is the closest settlement, located just beyond the border with 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, approximately to the north of the fjord mouth. The fjord marked the southern limit of the former Frederikshåb District, now

Paamiut Paamiut, formerly Frederikshåb, is a town in southwestern Greenland in the Sermersooq municipality. Geography Paamiut is located on the coast of Labrador Sea in the southern end of a small estuary called Kuannersooq ("Inlet"). History Pe ...

. It was named 'Coppermine Bay' after a pioneer mining operation in Southwestern Greenland at the beginning of the 20th century.The History of the Josva copper mine in Greenland, 1905-14
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*{{commonscat inline, Alanngorsuaq Fjord
Explanatory notes to the Geological map of Greenland1:1,000,000 scale Operational Navigation Chart, Sheet B-8, 3rd edition
Fjords of Greenland

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