Avaqqat Kangerluat, also known as ''Avarqqat Kangerluat'', ''Avaqqat Kangerlua'' and ''Puiagtoq Fjord'', is a

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in the

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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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History

This fjord was referred to as "Auarket" by Lieutenant

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in 1829 during his East Coast expedition. He camped at Taateraat Nuuat ("Taterat"), a place by the entrance of the fjord to the south. He found that a family of Southeast-Greenland Inuit was living in the area o the fjord. Graah described these Inuit as good-looking. Graah was told about a strange object of iron in the area and he found that it was an old, rusty cannon. Graah cleaned it and fired it for the amusement of the Greenlanders.

Geography

Avaqqat Kangerluat extends in a roughly ESE/WNW direction for about 45 km between Anorituup Kangerlua to the north and

Igutsaat Fjord Igutsaat Fjord, also known as ''Igutsait Fjord'', is a fjord in the King Frederick VI Coast, Kujalleq municipality, southern Greenland. Deposits of rare minerals have been found in this fjord, as well as in neighbouring Kangerluluk. Geography Igut ...

to the south. To the east the fjord opens into the

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between Taterat and Karrat Point. The fjord becomes wide in its middle part and has large active

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at its head and on its sides.

Puiattoq 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 ...

is a tributary fjord with an active glacier on Avaqqat Kangerluat's southern shore and

Qassialik 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 ...

, another offshoot, extends 7 km WSW close to the mouth on the southern shore but has no glacier at its head. Southeast of the mouth along the coast there is a small bay named Qasigiaqartarfia. Uummannaarsuk is a island located about 4 km from Avaqqat, the point on the northern side of the fjord's mouth. The Avaqqat

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archaeological site is located 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, but not as steeply as in other fjords of the same area of the coast. A peak at the head of the fjord rises to a height of on the northern side between two confluent glaciers and a peak rises further to the west at .

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Bibliography

*John Grocott, ''Vertical Coupling and Decoupling in the Lithosphere'', Geological Society, pp 233–37

References

External links

New insights on the north-eastern part of the Ketilidian orogen in South-East Greenland
Fjords of Greenland {{Greenland-geo-stub