Igutsaat Fjord, also known as ''Igutsait Fjord'', is a
fjord
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in the
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 ...
,
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
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municipality, southern
Greenland
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.
Deposits of rare minerals have been found in this fjord, as well as in neighbouring Kangerluluk.
Geography
Igutsaat Fjord extends in a roughly east–west direction for about 35 km between
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 ...
to the north and
Kangerluluk Fjord to the south. It is very similar in structure to neighboring Kangerluluk but shorter. To the east the fjord opens into the
North Atlantic Ocean
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between
Cape Olfert Fischer
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History
Capes were common in medieval Europe, especially when combined with a hood in the chaperon. Th ...
in the south and
Cape Herluf Trolle in the north.
The fjord becomes wide in its middle part and has a large active
glacier
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at its head and on its sides.
Uummannaarsuk —not to be confused with Uummannaarsuk off the mouth of Avaqqat Kangerluat 15 km further north— is a small island located about 2.8 km to the NE of Cape Olfert Fischer, the point on the southern side of the fjord's mouth.
The Igutsaat
Paleo-Eskimo
The Paleo-Eskimo (also pre-Thule or pre-Inuit) were the peoples who inhabited the Arctic region from Chukotka (e.g., Chertov Ovrag) in present-day Russia across North America to Greenland prior to the arrival of the modern Inuit (Eskimo) and rel ...
archaeological site is located by the shore at the entrance of the fjord on its northern side.
Distribution Map of Archaeological, Historic, Cultural and Ancient Sites sites in Greenland
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Mountains
There are high mountains rising on both sides of the fjord, the Kangerluluk Range
The Kangerluluk Range ( da, Kangerluluk Bjerge) is a mountain range in the King Frederick VI Coast, southeastern Greenland. Administratively this range is part of the Kujalleq Municipalities of Greenland, municipality.
This mountain group was nam ...
''(Kangerluluk Bjerge)'' stretching along the southern side from east to west reaching heights of above the terminus of the glacier —its higher summits rising further to the west. The range flanking the fjord on the northern side has a peak reaching a height of rising further inland above the glacier at its head at .GoogleEarth
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Bibliography
*John Grocott, ''Vertical Coupling and Decoupling in the Lithosphere'', Geological Society, pp 238
See also
*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
New insights on the north-eastern part of the Ketilidian orogen in South-East Greenland
Fjords of Greenland
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