Wolstenholme Fjord

Wolstenholme Fjord
Uummannap Kangerlua (Greenlandic)
Wolstenholme Fjord is located in Greenland
Wolstenholme Fjord
Wolstenholme Fjord
Location in Greenland
LocationArctic
Coordinates76°37′55″N 68°38′15″W / 76.63194°N 68.63750°W / 76.63194; -68.63750
Ocean/sea sourcesBaffin Bay
Basin countriesGreenland

Wolstenholme Fjord (Greenlandic: Uummannap Kangerlua)[1] is a fjord in Avannaata municipality, Northwest Greenland. It is located to the north of the Thule Air Base and adjacent to the abandoned Inuit settlement of Narsaarsuk.

The area was contaminated in 1968 with plutonium and other radioactive elements following a B-52 bomber crash.[2]

  1. ^ "Wolstenholme Fjord". Mapcarta. Retrieved 9 May 2019.
  2. ^ Aarkrog, Asker (January 1970). "Radio-Ecological Investigations". USAF Nuclear Safety. Danish Atomic Energy Commission.