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

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 Oce ...

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, southern

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.''Prostar Sailing Directions 2005 Greenland and Iceland Enroute'', p. 100

Geography

Kuutseq Fjord lies between the

Paatusoq Paatusoq, mentioned as 'Patursok' by Wilhelm August Graah, is a fjord in the King Frederick VI Coast, Kujalleq municipality, southeastern Greenland. Its name means "The one with the big mouth" in the Greenlandic language. Geography Paatusoq Fjord ...

to the north and the

Kangerluaraq Kangerluaraq, old spelling ''Kangerdluaraq'', is a fjord in the King Frederick VI Coast, Kujalleq municipality, southern Greenland. Geography Kangerluaraq is a narrow fjord lying between the Kuutseq to the north and the Nattoralik and Nanuuseq f ...

to the south. It extends in a roughly northeast–southwest direction from its mouth in the

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for about 14 km then bends to a roughly east–west direction for a further 23 km until its head. To the east there is an arm at the bend of the fjord named Qassit with the

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of the small Ingerlaarsiutit Peninsula at the eastern end. Kuutseq has a short but wide branch near the head of the fjord with a broad

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reaching down to the waterline. Although rising steeply from the shore on both sides of the fjord, the mountains in this fjord are not reaching the impressive heights of the summits in Paatusoq to the north.

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Cape Discord Cape Discord ( da, Kap Discord), also known as Kangeq, is a headland in the North Atlantic Ocean, southeast Greenland, Kujalleq municipality. History Cape Discord was named in old maps before Lieutenant Wilhelm August Graah passed it in 1829 dur ...

is located to the NNE of Kuutseq. Lindenow-Greenland-onc d 16-map-section

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Den grønlandske Lods - Sejladsanvisninger Østgrønland
Fjords of Greenland {{Greenland-fjord-stub

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