Alanngorsuaq Fjord, also known as Coppermine Bay ( da, Kobberminebugt), is a
fjord in the
Kujalleq municipality in southern
Greenland. At the mouth of the fjord the coastline of southwestern Greenland turns to the east towards
Qaqortoq.
Geography
Alanngorsuaq Fjord opens towards the west a few miles north of
Cape Desolation. The
Inner Kitsissut islands lie on the southern side of the mouth of the bay.
The fjord is long,
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with an east-north-east − west-south-west orientation, opening into the
Labrador Sea. 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
An iceberg is a piece of freshwater ice more than 15 m long that has broken off a glacier or an ice shelf and is floating freely in open (salt) water. Smaller chunks of floating glacially-derived ice are called "growlers" or "bergy bits". The ...
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 is the closest settlement, located just beyond the border with the
Sermersooq municipality, approximately to the north of the fjord mouth.
The fjord marked the southern limit of the former
Frederikshåb District, now
Paamiut. 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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See also
*Bluie West Seven
Bluie West 7 or Grondal was a major U.S. naval operating facility (naval base) near Ivigtut in Arsuk Fjord, Greenland. In some form, it was in operation from 1940 to 1951, although its formal establishment by the U.S. Navy was on 1 April 1943. Af ...
* List of fjords of Greenland
References
External links
*{{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