Nanuuseq Fjord, old spelling ''Nanûseq'', 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, Förden and East Jutland Fjorde, Germany, ...

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 ...

municipality, southern

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

History

In 1931

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sent two expeditions to establish hunting and

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in Southeast Greenland. Led by Ole Mortensen, one of the expeditions went to

Kangerlussuaq Fjord Kangerlussuaq Fjord (old spelling: ''Kangerdlugssuaq'', da, Søndre Strømfjord) is a long fjord in the Qeqqata municipality in central-western Greenland. The fjord is long and between and wide, flowing from the estuary of Qinnguata Kuussua r ...

on ship ''Signalhorn'' and built a hut there. Since hunting there was poor, Mortensen moved with his men to Lindenow Fjord, where a Norwegian radio and meteorological station named Moreton was built from the mouth of the fjord in 1932. Following sovereignty claims by Norway on SE Greenland between 60°30'N and 63°40'N in the same year, another expedition was sent by the Norwegian government led by Gunnar Horn. The station was moved to a better location further north to Nanuuseq Fjord and was named

Torgilsbu Torgilsbu was a Norwegian hunting, meteorological and radio station (Torgilsbu Radio/LMQ) located on the King Frederick VI Coast, Southeastern Greenland. Administratively the area were the hut stood belongs now to the Kujalleq municipality. The ...

, after

Torgils Orrabeinfostre Torgils Orrabeinfostre (''Þorgils Orrabeinsfóstri'', Þorgils the step-son of Scarleg) is the Viking hero of Flóamanna saga. A Norwegian weather station built in Nanuuseq Fjord in 1932 was named Torgilsbu, after this legendary hero. In 194 ...

, a legendary Norseman who was shipwrecked in 1001 and spent four years trying to reach the

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. Subsequently seven smaller stations were established in the area around Torgilsbu.Spencer Apollonio, ''Lands That Hold One Spellbound: A Story of East Greenland,'' 2008, pp. 188-189

Geography

Nanuuseq, formerly known as ''Oyfjord'', is a short fjord lying between Nattoralik to the north and Lindenow Fjord to the south. It extends in a roughly east–west direction from its mouth in the

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for about 20 km until its head. Its entrance is on the northern side of Nanuuseq Island and there is another 5 km long and narrow island within the fjord itself close to its northern shore. Noret is a short tributary fjord branching northwards off the western end of the long island. In the same manner as in the fjords further north, dark-hued mountains rise steeply from the shore on both sides. However, there are no

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s reaching down to the waterline.

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References

External links

Den grønlandske Lods - Sejladsanvisninger Østgrønland

Ketilidian structure and the rapakivi suite between Lindenow Fjord and Kap Farvel, South-East GreenlandThe Ketilidian orogen of South Greenland: geochronology, tectonics, magmatism, and fore-arc accretion during Palaeoproterozoic oblique convergence
Fjords of Greenland {{Greenland-geo-stub

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