Kangerluarsunnguaq Fjord

Kangerluarsunnguaq Fjord (Danish: Kobbefjord, lit. 'Seal Fjord') is a small fjord in the Sermersooq municipality in southwestern Greenland. Since 2008 the Kobbefjord Research Station,^[1] utilized by Nuuk Basic monitoring programme under Greenland Ecosystem Monitoring, has been located on the fjord shores.^[2][3]

Kangerluarsunnguaq Fjord

Location within Greenland

Geography

The fjord is located approximately 9 km (5.6 mi) east-south-east of Nuuk, the capital of Greenland. It splits the western tip of a peninsula off the mainland of Greenland into two, emptying into Nuup Kangerlua to the southeast of Nuuk, and to the south of the Ukkusissat mountain.

The 132 kV-powerline from Buksefjord Hydroelectric Power Plant to Nuuk crosses Kangerluarsunnguaq Fjord with a 1912 metre long span with a clearance of 63.4 metre.

See also

• Kangerluarsunnguaq Bay
• Kobbefjorden, Norway, also 'Seal Fjord'