Kangerlussuaq Fjord, East Greenland
| Kangerlussuaq Fjord | |
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| Stor Fjord | |
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 Kangerlussuaq Fjord
Location in Greenland
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| Location | Arctic |
| Coordinates | 68°25′N 32°26′W / 68.417°N 32.433°WCoordinates: 68°25′N 32°26′W / 68.417°N 32.433°W |
| Ocean/sea sources | North Atlantic Ocean |
| Basin countries | Greenland |
| Max. length | 68 km (42 mi) |
| Max. width | 9.7 km (6.0 mi) |
| Average depth | 960 m (3,150 ft) |
Kangerlussuaq Fjord (Greenlandic: Kangerlussuaq, meaning 'large fjord'; old spelling Kangerdlugssuaq; Danish: Stor Fjord) is a fjord in eastern Greenland. It is part of the Sermersooq municipality.
The fjord was named by the East-Greenland Coast Expedition led by Georg Carl Amdrup in 1900. Currently drilling explorations are being carried out for the possible exploitation of gold, palladium and platinum in the Kangerlussuaq area.
This fjord is located in King Christian IX Land, roughly midway between Scoresby Sound and the Sermilik Fjord and is the second-largest fjord in the southeastern coast of Greenland. Its waters are fed by the huge Kangerlussuaq Glacier, the largest glacier on the east coast of the Greenland ice sheet, among other not so large active glaciers such as the Hutchinson Glacier near its southern entrance. The fjord stretches inland in a roughly NW direction and its mouth is located between Cape Deichmann and Cape Hammer in the Denmark Strait area of the Atlantic Ocean.
The Nordfjord, Courtauld Fjord, Amdrup Fjord (Atterteq) and Watkins Fjord (Torsukattak) are smaller side fjords within the Kangerlussuaq Fjord system.Kraemer Island lies at the entrance of Watkins Fjord, separated from the Skaergaard Peninsula on the northern shore of Kangerlussuaq Fjord by the narrow Uttental Sund. Kangerlussuaq Fjord is a deep fjord with strong and dangerous currents.
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