Nuup Kangerlua

 ( Fjords Of Greenland ) 

Nuup KangerluaThe pre-1973 spelling was Nûp Kangerdlua is a long fjord in the Sermersooq municipality in southwestern Greenland. It was formerly known by its colonial name as Godthaab Fjord (), Gilbert SoundMarkham, Clements R. The Voyages of William Baffin. Hakluyt Society. and Baal's River.Nicoll, James. An Historical and Descriptive Account of Iceland, Greenland and the Faroe Islands. Oliver & Boyd, 1840.

Located by the island's capital, Nuuk, it is the longest fjord on the Labrador Sea coast of Greenland, and one of the longest in the inhabited part of the country.

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Geography The fjord head is located deep inland, with the fjord beginning as an icefjord at , with two glaciers draining the Greenland ice sheet () flowing into the fjord.

Initially, the fjord flows to the northwest, to then turn southwest at , splitting into three arms in its lower run, with three large, mountainous islands in between the arms: Sermitsiaq Island with the Sermitsiaq mountain visible from most of Nuuk, Qeqertarsuaq Island, and Qoornuup Qeqertarsua Island.

The fjord widens into a bay dotted with Skerry near its mouth, opening into Labrador Sea at approximately , near the former Kangeq settlement.

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Satellite view of Nuup Kangerlua File:Nuup-Kangerlua.jpg

Aerial view of the fjord and Sermitsiaq mountain

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Settlement Nuuk, the capital of Greenland, is located near the mouth of the fjord, on a mountainous peninsula bounding the fjord from the southeast. Kapisillit (Lakskaj) is located northeast of Nuuk, near the head of Kapisillit Kangerluaq, one of the tributary fjords of Nuup Kangerlua.

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See also

• List of fjords of Greenland

Categories: Fjords Of Greenland, Labrador Sea, Geography Of Nuuk

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