Avaqqat Kangerluat

Avaqqat Kangerluat
Location
Location Arctic
Coordinates 61°17′N 42°48′W / 61.283°N 42.800°W / 61.283; -42.800Coordinates: 61°17′N 42°48′W / 61.283°N 42.800°W / 61.283; -42.800
Ocean/sea sources North Atlantic Ocean
Basin countries Greenland
Max. length 45 km (28 mi)
Max. width 5 km (3.1 mi)
Surface area SE Greenland

Avaqqat Kangerluat, also known as Avarqqat Kangerluat, Avaqqat Kangerlua and Puiagtoq Fjord,[1] is a fjord in the King Frederick VI Coast, Kujalleq municipality, southern Greenland.

Geography

Avaqqat Kangerluat extends in a roughly ESE/WNW direction for about 45 km between Anorituup Kangerlua to the north and Igutsaat Fjord to the south. To the east the fjord opens into the North Atlantic Ocean between Taterat and Karrat Point.[2] The fjord becomes wide in its middle part and has large active glacier at its head and on its sides.

Puiattoq is a tributary fjord with an active glacier on Avaqqat Kangerluat's southern shore and Qassialik, 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 239 m high island located about 4 km from Avaqqat, the point on the northern side of the fjord's mouth.[3]

The Avaqqat Paleo-Eskimo archaeological site is located at the entrance of the fjord on its northern side.[4]

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 1,490 m (4,890 ft) on the northern side between two confluent glaciers and a 1,581 m (5,187 ft) high peak rises further to the west at 61°21′55″N 43°24′44″W / 61.36528°N 43.41222°W / 61.36528; -43.41222.[5]

Bibliography

See also

References

  1. ↑ Prostar Sailing Directions 2005 Greenland and Iceland Enroute, p. 100
  2. ↑ "Avaqqat Kangerlua". Mapcarta. Retrieved 16 May 2016.
  3. ↑ Den grønlandske Lods - Geodatastyrelsen
  4. ↑ Distribution Map of Archaeological, Historic, Cultural and Ancient Sites sites in Greenland
  5. ↑ GoogleEarth

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