Nuup Kangerlua
{{Short description|Fjord in Greenland}}
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{{for|the fjord in the northeastern coast|Godthab Gulf}}
{{Infobox body of water
| name= Nuup Kangerlua
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| other_name= Godthåbsfjord
Gilbert Sound
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| pushpin_map = Greenland
| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Greenland
| location= Arctic
| coords= {{coord|64|30|N|51|23|W|region:GL_type:waterbody_source:GNS-enwiki|display=inline, title}}
| rivers=
| oceans= Labrador Sea
| countries= Greenland
| length= {{convert|160|km|abbr=on}}
| width={{convert|7|km|abbr=on}}
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Nuup KangerluaThe pre-1973 spelling was Nûp Kangerdlua is a {{convert|160|km|mi|1|abbr=on}} long fjord{{cite web |url=http://www.ntnu.no/ub/formidl/utgivelser/til_opplysning/to_nr15.php |publisher=Norwegian University of Science and Technology |title=TIL OPPLYSNING |accessdate=12 July 2010 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110615162130/http://www.ntnu.no/ub/formidl/utgivelser/til_opplysning/to_nr15.php |archivedate=15 June 2011 }} in the Sermersooq municipality in southwestern Greenland. It was formerly known by its colonial name as Godthaab Fjord ({{langx|da|Godthåbsfjorden}}), Gilbert SoundMarkham, Clements R. [https://books.google.com/books?id=OF3oAt0SYoEC&pg=PA12 The Voyages of William Baffin]. Hakluyt Society. and Baal's River.Nicoll, James. [https://books.google.com/books?id=rGUDAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA242 An Historical and Descriptive Account of Iceland, Greenland and the Faroe Islands]. Oliver & Boyd, 1840.
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.
Geography
The fjord head is located deep inland, with the fjord beginning as an icefjord at {{coord|64|19|50|N|49|36|10|W}}, with two glaciers draining the Greenland ice sheet ({{langx|kl|Sermersuaq}}) flowing into the fjord.
Initially, the fjord flows to the northwest, to then turn southwest at {{coord|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.{{cite book|last=O'Carroll|first=Etain|title=Greenland and the Arctic|publisher=Lonely Planet|pages=154|year=2005|isbn=1-74059-095-3}}
The fjord widens into a bay dotted with skerries near its mouth, opening into Labrador Sea at approximately {{coord|64|03|N|51|58|W}}, near the former Kangeq settlement.
File:Godthaabsfjord.jpg|Satellite view of Nuup Kangerlua File:Nuup-Kangerlua.jpg|Aerial view of the fjord and Sermitsiaq mountain |
= 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 (Lakskaj) is located {{convert|75|km|mi|abbr=on}} northeast of Nuuk, near the head of Kapisillit Kangerluaq, one of the tributary fjords of Nuup Kangerlua.
{{wide image|Nuup-Kangerlua-nuussuaq.jpg|1000px|alt=Nuup Kangerlua|Nuup Kangerlua seen from the outskirts of the Nuussuaq district of Nuuk.}}
See also
References
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