Nuussuup Kangia
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Nuussuup Kangia is a fjord
in northwestern Greenland
, located at the northern end of Upernavik Archipelago
.
drains the Greenland ice sheet
into the head of Nuussuup Kangia, to the east of the base of Nuussuaq Peninsula
. The fjord is an inlet of Sugar Loaf Bay
, flowing southwestward between Nuussuaq Peninsula in the northwest, and the Anoritooq
nunatak
on the mainland of Greenland in the east.
Fjord
Geologically, a fjord is a long, narrow inlet with steep sides or cliffs, created in a valley carved by glacial activity.-Formation:A fjord is formed when a glacier cuts a U-shaped valley by abrasion of the surrounding bedrock. Glacial melting is accompanied by rebound of Earth's crust as the ice...
in northwestern Greenland
Greenland
Greenland is an autonomous country within the Kingdom of Denmark, located between the Arctic and Atlantic Oceans, east of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. Though physiographically a part of the continent of North America, Greenland has been politically and culturally associated with Europe for...
, located at the northern end of Upernavik Archipelago
Upernavik Archipelago
Upernavik Archipelago is a vast archipelago of small islands in the Qaasuitsup municipality in northwestern Greenland, on the coast of northeastern Baffin Bay...
.
Geography
Cornell GlacierCornell Glacier
Cornell Glacier is a tidewater glacier in the Qaasuitsup municipality on the northwestern shore of Greenland. It drains the Greenland ice sheet westwards into Nuussuup Kangia, a fjord inlet of Sugar Loaf Bay, to the east of the base of Nuussuaq Peninsula....
drains the Greenland ice sheet
Greenland ice sheet
The Greenland ice sheet is a vast body of ice covering , roughly 80% of the surface of Greenland. It is the second largest ice body in the world, after the Antarctic Ice Sheet. The ice sheet is almost long in a north-south direction, and its greatest width is at a latitude of 77°N, near its...
into the head of Nuussuup Kangia, to the east of the base of Nuussuaq Peninsula
Nuussuaq Peninsula (Upernavik Archipelago)
Nuussuaq Peninsula is a mainland peninsula in northwestern Greenland, located at the northern end of Upernavik Archipelago, approximately to the south of Melville Bay...
. The fjord is an inlet of Sugar Loaf Bay
Sugar Loaf Bay
Sugar Loaf Bay is a bay in the Upernavik Archipelago in the Qaasuitsup municipality in northwestern Greenland. It is an indentiation of northeastern Baffin Bay...
, flowing southwestward between Nuussuaq Peninsula in the northwest, and the Anoritooq
Anoritooq
Anoritooq is a nunatak in the Qaasuitsup municipality in northwestern Greenland.- Geography :Anoritooq is located on the mainland of Greenland in the northern part of Upernavik Archipelago...
nunatak
Nunatak
A nunatak is an exposed, often rocky element of a ridge, mountain, or peak not covered with ice or snow within an ice field or glacier. The term is typically used in areas where a permanent ice sheet is present...
on the mainland of Greenland in the east.