Nattoralik | |
Other Name: | Nagtoralik |
Pushpin Map: | Greenland |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Greenland |
Location: | Arctic (SE Greenland) |
Coords: | 60.5167°N -46°W |
Oceans: | North Atlantic Ocean |
Countries: | Greenland |
Length: | 8km (05miles) |
Width: | 1.8km (01.1miles) |
Nattoralik, old spelling Nagtoralik,[1] is a fjord in the King Frederick VI Coast, Kujalleq municipality, southern Greenland.
There is a Paleo-Eskimo archaeological site on the northern shore of the fjord.[2]
Nattoralik is a short fjord lying between the Kangerluaraq to the north and the Nanuuseq fjord to the south. It extends in a roughly east–west direction from its mouth in the North Atlantic Ocean for about 8 km until its head. Its entrance lies 3.5miles north of Nanuseq and Cape Walløe rises 4.5miles to the northeast.[3]
In the same manner as in the fjords further north, dark-hued mountains rise steeply from the coastline on both sides with heights averaging between 600 and 800 m.[4]
No glaciers reach the waters of this fjord, instead the fjord bends sharply northwards at its head ending in a valley with a succession of small lakes and a 932m (3,058feet) high snowy peak towering above it on its eastern side.[5]