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Kangerluarsunnguaq Fjord

Kangerluarsunnguaq Fjord (Danish : Kobbefjord) is a small fjord in the Sermersooq municipality in southwestern Greenland. A research station for the "Nuuk Basic" monitoring programme, erected in 2008, is located on the fjord shores. [1] [2]

Geography

The fjord is located approximately 9 km (5.6 mi) east-south-east of Nuuk, the capital of Greenland. It splits the western tip of a peninsula off the mainland of Greenland into two, emptying into Nuup Kangerlua to the southeast of Nuuk, and to the south of the Ukkusissat mountain.

The 132 kV-powerline from Buksefjord Hydroelectric Power Plant to Nuuk crosses Kangerluarsunnguaq Fjord with a 1912 metres long span with a clearance of 63.4 metres.

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References

  1. "Home". Nuuk Ecological Research Operations (NERO). Retrieved 31 August 2010.
  2. "Field station in Kobbefjord". Greenland Institute of Natural Resources, Greenland Institute of Natural Resources . Retrieved 31 August 2010.

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