Nuup Kangerlua

Nuup Kangerlua
Godthåbsfjord
Gilbert Sound
Nuup Kangerlua is located in Greenland
Nuup Kangerlua
Nuup Kangerlua
Location in Greenland
LocationArctic
Coordinates64°30′N 51°23′W / 64.500°N 51.383°W / 64.500; -51.383
Ocean/sea sourcesLabrador Sea
Basin countriesGreenland
Max. length160 km (99 mi)
Max. width7 km (4.3 mi)

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]

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]

  1. ^ The pre-1973 spelling was Nûp Kangerdlua
  2. ^ a b "TIL OPPLYSNING". Norwegian University of Science and Technology. Archived from the original on 15 June 2011. Retrieved 12 July 2010.
  3. ^ Markham, Clements R. The Voyages of William Baffin. Hakluyt Society.
  4. ^ Nicoll, James. An Historical and Descriptive Account of Iceland, Greenland and the Faroe Islands. Oliver & Boyd, 1840.