Lindenow Fjord
| Lindenow Fjord Kangerlussuatsiaq |
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 Lindenow Fjord
Location in Greenland
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| Location | Arctic (SE Greenland) |
| Coordinates | 60°32′N 43°40′W / 60.533°N 43.667°WCoordinates: 60°32′N 43°40′W / 60.533°N 43.667°W |
| Ocean/sea sources | North Atlantic Ocean |
| Basin countries | Greenland |
| Max. length | 64 km (40 mi) |
| Max. width | 4 km (2.5 mi) |
Lindenow Fjord or Kangerlussuatsiaq, is a fjord in the King Frederick VI Coast, Kujalleq municipality, southern Greenland. The fjord is named after Godske Lindenov (d. 1612), admiral of the Danish Navy noted for his role in King Christian IV's expeditions to Greenland.
The Lindenow Fjord extends in an WNW/ESE direction for about 64 km. To the east the fjord opens into the North Atlantic Ocean south of Nanuuseq Fjord. Nanuuseq Island lies close to the northeast of the northern end of its mouth and larger Queen Louise Island at the southern end of its mouth.
The fjord branches at its head with a number of glaciers feeding its waters. The Nørrearm, its largest tributary fjord, has its mouth on the northern shore of Lindenow Fjord, about 22 km from the Lindenow Fjord's mouth. A little further west the Sønderarm, a smaller tributary fjord, branches southwards. Igdlukulik, an archaeological site with the ruins of a former Inuit settlement lies by the shore where the Nørrearm branches north.
The massive Tiningnertok (Apostelen Tommelfinger), a 2,291.48 m (7,518.0 ft) ultra-prominent peak, rises steeply at 60°35′54″N 43°49′13″W / 60.59833°N 43.82028°W from the shore east of small Tininnertooq Bay on the northern side of the middle section of the Lindenow Fjord, west of the mouth of the Nørrearm.Akuliarusersuaq is another massive peak rising rising at 60°34′13″N 43°44′4″W / 60.57028°N 43.73444°W to a height of 1,534.67 m (5,035.0 ft) 3 km to the southeast.
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