Kattertooq

Kattertooq
Kagssortôq, Kagtertōq
Location
Location Arctic
Coordinates 63°9′N 41°46′W / 63.150°N 41.767°W / 63.150; -41.767Coordinates: 63°9′N 41°46′W / 63.150°N 41.767°W / 63.150; -41.767
Ocean/sea sources North Atlantic Ocean
Basin countries Greenland
Max. length 45 km
Max. width 3 km
Surface area SE Greenland

Kattertooq, meaning 'where there is much blue ice' in the Greenlandic language,[1]) is a fjord of the King Frederick VI Coast in the Sermersooq municipality, southeastern Greenland.[2]

Geography

Kattertooq is located north of the King Dan Peninsula (Kong Dan Halvø). It is oriented in a NW/SE direction and has a tributary fjord branching eastwards 25 km from its mouth. To the east it opens into the North Atlantic Ocean with Uiivaq island on the northern and the entrance of Sehested Fjord (Uummannap Kangertiva) and Griffenfeld Island on the southern side of its mouth.[3]

This fjord has a large, active glacier at its head, the Skinfaxe Glacier, which has its terminus in the fjord shortly after its confluence with the Tjasses Glacier joining it from the east.[4]

History

Uivaq is a Paleo-Eskimo archaeological site near the entrance to a sound on Kattertooq's northern coast.[5]

Kattertooq wrongly labeled as 'Sehested Fjord' in a 1944 map of the area around Skjoldungen.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Den grønlandske Lods - Geodatastyrelsen
  2. ↑ GoogleEarth
  3. ↑ "Sehested Fjord". Mapcarta. Retrieved 12 June 2016.
  4. ↑ "Skinfaxe". Mapcarta. Retrieved 12 June 2016.
  5. ↑ "Distribution Map of Archaeological, Historic, Cultural and Ancient Sites sites in Greenland". Retrieved 12 June 2016.
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