Tasermiut Fjord is a 70-kilometre-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 southwestern

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 ...

. Administratively it is part of the

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. Nanortalik Island is located near the mouth of the fjord. Tasermiut Fjord has some of the very few growths of dwarf trees in Greenland, notably in

Qinngua Valley Qinngua Valley, also called Qinnquadalen, Kanginsap Qinngua and Paradisdalen, is a valley in Greenland, about from the nearest settlement of Tasiusaq, Kujalleq. The valley has the only natural forest in Greenland and is about long, running roug ...

and Tiningnertoq valley.

Geography

The fjord is oriented in a roughly NE/SW direction, to the southwest the fjord opens into the

Labrador Sea The Labrador Sea (French: ''mer du Labrador'', Danish: ''Labradorhavet'') is an arm of the North Atlantic Ocean between the Labrador Peninsula and Greenland. The sea is flanked by continental shelf, continental shelves to the southwest, northwest, ...

of the

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. It separates two long mountainous peninsulas, the 1,590 m high

Napasorsuaq The Napasorsuaq ( da, Kirkespiret) is a 1,590m–high mountain in southern Greenland, in the Kujalleq municipality. Geography The mountain rises in the mountainous peninsula of the mainland which forms the eastern side of the Southern Sermilik f ...

peak rising in the peninsula to the west of the fjord. To the east rise the 1,858 m high

Ulamertorsuaq The Ulamertorsuaq is a 1,858 m–high mountain in southern Greenland, in the Kujalleq municipality. Geography Together with Nalumasortoq and Ketil, this mountain rises in the mountainous peninsula of the mainland which forms the eastern side of t ...

, the 2,045 m high

Nalumasortoq The Nalumasortoq or Naluumasortoq is a 2,045 meter high mountain in southern Greenland, in the Kujalleq municipality. Geography The mountain rises not far from Nanortalik, in the mountainous peninsula of the mainland which forms the eastern side ...

and the 2,010 m high

Ketil Ketil is a Norwegian masculine given name, and may refer to: * Ketil Askildt (1900-1978), Norwegian discus thrower * Ketil Bjørnstad (born 1952), Norwegian pianist * Ketil Flatnose (9th century), Norwegian hersir * Ketil Haugsand (21st century), ...

. The glacier at the inland end of this fjord has been undergoing a well documented recession in recent history. A similar retreat of the glacier at the fjord's head has been documented in the Sermeq Glacier in neighbouring

Southern Sermilik Southern Sermilik ( da, Søndre Sermilik) is a fjord in southwestern Greenland. Administratively it is part of the Kujalleq municipality. Geography The fjord is oriented in a roughly NE/SW direction, to the southwest the Southern Sermilik Fjord o ...

Fjord as well. Nalumasortoq

Tourism

This fjord attracts climbers, kayakers, and trekkers, and is famous for its mountains and challenging rock faces. Many mountaineering expeditions have come to Tasermiut Fjord because of the challenge of peaks and the possibility of new climbing routes. As well as climbing, Tasermiut is used as a starting point for challenging treks to Kangikitsoq, Kangerdluk, Herjofsnaes, and Stordalen Havn.Trekking photos by walkers visiting Tasermiut in recent years
/ref> Tasermiut Fjord can be accessed by short boat journey from

Nanortalik Nanortalik (), formerly Nennortalik, is a town in Nanortalik Island, Kujalleq municipality, southern Greenland. With 1,185 inhabitants as of 2020, it is the eleventh-largest town in the country. The name ''Nanortalik'' means "Place of Polar Bears ...

, which is the southernmost major settlement in Greenland, with a population of around 1000 people.

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Geography

Tourism

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