Kangerluarsuk Tulleq (old spelling: ''Kangerdluarssuk Tugdleq'') is a long

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, Germany, Greenland, the Faroe Islands, Ice ...

in the

Qeqqata Qeqqata (, da, Centrum, lit=Centre) is a municipality in western Greenland, operational from 1 January 2009. The municipality was named after its location in the central-western part of the country. Its population is 9,378 as of January 2020. Th ...

municipality in western

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 is t ...

. The fjord is of roughly east–west orientation, emptying into

Davis Strait Davis Strait is a northern arm of the Atlantic Ocean that lies north of the Labrador Sea. It lies between mid-western Greenland and Baffin Island in Nunavut, Canada. To the north is Baffin Bay. The strait was named for the English explorer Jo ...

in the west.

Geography

The fjord mouth is located at approximately , to the northwest of the town of

Sisimiut Sisimiut (), formerly known as Holsteinsborg, is the capital and largest city of the Qeqqata municipality, the second-largest city in Greenland, and the largest Arctic city in North America.The term 'city' is loosely used to describe any popula ...

. In the northeast, the fjord is bounded by the partially glaciated Aqqutikitsoq massif, culminating in . To the northwest, undulating terrain under Akornata Qaqqaa mountain () constitutes the terminal point of a long mountain range extending from the

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mountain group halfway between Davis Strait and the

Greenland ice sheet The Greenland ice sheet ( da, Grønlands indlandsis, kl, Sermersuaq) is a vast body of ice covering , roughly near 80% of the surface of Greenland. It is sometimes referred to as an ice cap, or under the term ''inland ice'', or its Danish equiva ...

( kl, Sermersuaq). The range flattens considerably towards the east in the area of

Kangaamiut dike swarm The Kangaamiut dike swarm (old spelling: ''Kangâmiut'') is a 2.04 billion year old dike swarm located in the Qeqqata region of western Greenland. The dikes cut Archean orthogneisses and are exposed along approximately of the coast and a similar ...

north of

Kangerlussuaq Kangerlussuaq (; ; da, Søndre Strømfjord), is a settlement in western Greenland in the Qeqqata municipality located at the head of the fjord of the same name. It is Greenland's main air transport hub and the site of Greenland's largest commer ...

, due to pressure exerted by the icesheet for long periods in the past. The head of the fjord is located at approximately . To the south, the fjord is bounded by the long Majoriaq range, culminating in the west in the Ujarasussuliup Qaqqaa () and

Palasip Qaqqaa Palasip Qaqqaa ( da, Præstefjeldet) is a mountain in the Qeqqata municipality in western Greenland. It is located on the mainland of Greenland on the coast of Davis Strait, immediately to the north of Sisimiut Airport. The mountain massif is s ...

() mountains. The east–west range continues through Aappilattorsuaq massif () to the east, connecting with the northern range to the northeast of the head of the fjord.

Settlement

There are no settlements on the shores of the fjord. The closest settlement is Sisimiut to the southeast of Palasip Qaqqaa.

Tourism

There are two utility huts at the head of the fjord, maintained by the authorities of Sisimiut. They serve as shelter for hikers on the ''Polar Route'' from Sisimiut to Kangerlussuaq, and for overnight

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trips from the town. The tough, long ''Arctic Circle Race'' takes place each winter, with the trail partially overlapping with the ''Arctic Circle Trail'' at the head of the fjord. The race was inaugurated in 1998, since then becoming an international competition.

References

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