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Tunulliarfik Fjord (old spelling: ''Tunugdliarfik'') is a fjord near Qaqortoq in the Kujalleq municipality in southern Greenland. It is the inner section of
Narsaq is a port of call for the Arctic Umiaq Line coastal ship in the summer season.Arctic Umiaq Line, Timetable 2009
/ref> The southbound ferry route backtracks from Qaqortoq until the mouth of Tunulliarfik, to then sail northeast alongside the lower part of the fjord, anchoring at Narsaq port before turning around the same day. Narsaq Heliport and the international Narsarsuaq Airport operate year-round, with
Igaliku and Qassiarsuk can be reached by boat.
Skovfjord
Tunulliarfik Fjord (old spelling: ''Tunugdliarfik'') is a fjord near Qaqortoq in the Kujalleq municipality in southern Greenland. It is the inner section of Skovfjord (Skovfjorden). In times of the Eastern Settlement, Norse settlement in southern G ...
(Skovfjorden). In times of the Norse settlement in southern Greenland, it was known as ''Eiriksfjord''.
Geography
The fjord head at approximately is formed by the estuary of a river flowing from the glacial outflow lake inJohan Dahl Land Johan
* Johan (given name)
* ''Johan'' (film), a 1921 Swedish film directed by Mauritz Stiller
* Johan (band), a Dutch pop-group
** ''Johan'' (album), a 1996 album by the group
* Johan Peninsula, Ellesmere Island, Nunavut, Canada
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. At approximately , south of the Narsarsuaq settlement, the fjord is joined by its tributary Qooroq Fjord from the northeast, changing direction from southern into southwestern. Bounded by long peninsulas and low-lying islands from the southeast and the northwest, it has its mouth in the Skovfjord which empties in Labrador Sea at approximately .Ivittuut/Narsarsuaq/Qaqortoq, Saga Map, Tage Schjøtt, 1992
The Narsaq Sound, between the peninsula forming the northern shore of Tunulliarfik Fjord and Tuttutooq and Illutaliq islands, connects with neighbouring Bredefjord
Bredefjord is a fjord in northeastern Greenland. Administratively it is part of the Northeast Greenland National Park zone.
Tundra climate prevails in the area of the fjord, the average annual temperature in the area being -14° C . The warmest m ...
and Nordre Sermilik to the north.
Settlement
There are several small settlements near the shores of the long Tunulliarfik Fjord. Narsarsuaq and Qassiarsuk are located on the opposite sides of the fjord near its head. Further south, the settlement of Igaliku occupies the isthmus of a peninsula bounding the fjord from the south. At the far end of Narsaq Peninsula bounding the upper reaches of the fjord from the north the town of Narsaq occupies a wide lowland with arable ground. There are no settlements in the lower reaches of the fjord.Transport
Narsaq is a port of call for the Arctic Umiaq Line coastal ship in the summer season./ref> The southbound ferry route backtracks from Qaqortoq until the mouth of Tunulliarfik, to then sail northeast alongside the lower part of the fjord, anchoring at Narsaq port before turning around the same day. Narsaq Heliport and the international Narsarsuaq Airport operate year-round, with
STOL
A short takeoff and landing (STOL) aircraft is a conventional fixed-wing aircraft that has short runway requirements for takeoff and landing. Many STOL-designed aircraft also feature various arrangements for use on airstrips with harsh conditio ...
connections to Nuuk, Kangerlussuaq, and Paamiut, and helicopter connections to Alluitsup Paa
Alluitsup Paa (old spelling prior to the orthography reform in 1973: ''Agdluitsup pâ'') is a village in the Kujalleq municipality in southern Greenland. Alluitsup Paa had 202 residents in 2020. Presently, the community's religious activities tak ...
, Nanortalik, and Qaqortoq.Air Greenland, Departures and ArrivalsIgaliku and Qassiarsuk can be reached by boat.
See also
* List of fjords of GreenlandReferences
{{Authority control Fjords of Greenland