Kattertooq

Kattertooq
Kagssortôq, Kagtertōq
Kattertooq is located in Greenland
Kattertooq
Kattertooq
Location in Greenland
LocationArctic (SE Greenland)
Coordinates63°9′N 41°46′W / 63.150°N 41.767°W / 63.150; -41.767
Ocean/sea sourcesNorth Atlantic Ocean
Basin countriesGreenland
Max. length45 km (28 mi)
Max. width3 km (1.9 mi)

Kattertooq, meaning 'where there is much blue ice' in the Greenlandic language,[1]) is a fjord of the King Frederick VI Coast in the Sermersooq municipality, southeastern Greenland.[2]

Geography

Kattertooq is located north of the King Dan Peninsula (Kong Dan Halvø). It is oriented in a NW/SE direction and has a tributary fjord branching eastwards 25 km from its mouth. To the east it opens into the North Atlantic Ocean with Uiivaq island on the northern and the entrance of Sehested Fjord (Uummannap Kangertiva) and Griffenfeld Island on the southern side of its mouth.[3]

This fjord has a large, active glacier at its head, the Skinfaxe Glacier, which has its terminus in the fjord shortly after its confluence with the Tjasse Glacier joining it from the west.[4]

History

Uivaq is a Paleo-Eskimo archaeological site near the entrance to a sound on Kattertooq's northern coast.[5]

Map
Map of Kattertooq
Kattertooq wrongly labeled as 'Sehested Fjord' in a 1944 map of the area around Skjoldungen.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Den grønlandske Lods - Geodatastyrelsen" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-10-28. Retrieved 2016-06-14.
  2. ^ GoogleEarth
  3. ^ "Kattertooq". Mapcarta. Retrieved 12 June 2016.
  4. ^ "Skinfaxe". Mapcarta. Retrieved 12 June 2016.
  5. ^ "Distribution Map of Archaeological, Historic, Cultural and Ancient Sites sites in Greenland". Retrieved 12 June 2016.


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