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Nuup Kangerlua[1] is a 160 km (99.4 mi) long fjord[2] in the Sermersooq municipality in southwestern Greenland. It was formerly known by its colonial name as Godthaab Fjord (Danish: Godthåbsfjorden), Gilbert Sound[3] and Baal's River.[4]
| Nuup Kangerlua | |
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| Godthåbsfjord Gilbert Sound | |
  Nuup Kangerlua Location in Greenland | |
| Location | Arctic |
| Coordinates | 64°30′N 51°23′W |
| Ocean/sea sources | Labrador Sea |
| Basin countries | Greenland |
| Max. length | 160 km (99 mi) |
| Max. width | 7 km (4.3 mi) |
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.[2]
The fjord head is located deep inland, with the fjord beginning as an icefjord at 64°19′50″N 49°36′10″W, with two glaciers draining the Greenland ice sheet (Greenlandic: Sermersuaq) flowing into the fjord.
Initially, the fjord flows to the northwest, to then turn southwest at 64°43′N 50°37′W, 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.[5]
The fjord widens into a bay dotted with skerries near its mouth, opening into Labrador Sea at approximately 64°03′N 51°58′W, near the former Kangeq settlement.
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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 is located 75 km (47 mi) northeast of Nuuk, near the head of Kapisillit Kangerluaq,[5] one of the tributary fjords of Nuup Kangerlua.
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