Alanngorsuaq Fjord
{{Short description|Fjord in Kujalleq municipality, Greenland}}
{{For|a mountain of the same name|Alanngorsuaq}}
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| other_name= Coppermine Bay
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Alanngorsuaq Fjord, also known as Coppermine Bay ({{langx|da|Kobberminebugt}}), is a fjord in the Kujalleq municipality in southern Greenland. At the mouth of the fjord the coastline of southwestern Greenland turns to the east towards Qaqortoq.
Geography
Alanngorsuaq Fjord opens towards the west a few miles north of Cape Desolation. The Inner Kitsissut islands lie on the southern side of the mouth of the bay.[http://mapcarta.com/19190348 Kobberminebugt]
The fjord is {{convert|40|km|mi|1|abbr=on}} long,[http://www.ntnu.no/ub/formidl/utgivelser/til_opplysning/to_nr15.php Norwegian University of Science and Technology] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110615162130/http://www.ntnu.no/ub/formidl/utgivelser/til_opplysning/to_nr15.php |date=2011-06-15 }} with an east-north-east − west-south-west orientation, opening into the Labrador Sea. There are several oblong, uninhabited islands in the inner part of the fjord, its mouth widening into a {{convert|17|km|mi|1|abbr=on}} bay at the confluence with the Labrador SeaIvittuut/Narsarsuaq/Qaqortoq, Saga Map, Tage Schjøtt, 1992 at approximately {{coord|60|53|30|N|48|19|30|W}}.
File:Alanngorsuaq-fjordmouth-labrador-sea-iceberg.jpg|An iceberg floating at the mouth of the fjord; southern end
File:Alanngorsuaq-fjord-mouth.jpg|The mouth of Alanngorsuaq Fjord; northern end
Settlement
The shores of the fjord are uninhabited. Arsuk is the closest settlement, located just beyond the border with the Sermersooq municipality, approximately {{convert|30|km|mi|1|abbr=on}} to the north of the fjord mouth.
The fjord marked the southern limit of the former Frederikshåb District, now Paamiut.[http://collections.dartmouth.edu/arctica-beta/html/EA14-12.html Geographical Items on West Greenland Encyclopedia] It was named 'Coppermine Bay' after a pioneer mining operation in Southwestern Greenland at the beginning of the 20th century.[http://explorenorth.com/library/weekly/aa112400a.htm The History of the Josva copper mine in Greenland, 1905-14]
See also
References
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External links
- {{commonscat inline|Alanngorsuaq Fjord}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20161011034338/http://www.geus.dk/publications/maps/map1_p01-48.pdf Explanatory notes to the Geological map of Greenland]
- [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Operational_Navigation_Chart_B-8,_3rd_edition.jpg 1:1,000,000 scale Operational Navigation Chart, Sheet B-8, 3rd edition]