Alanngorsuaq Fjord, also known as Coppermine Bay (), is a fjord in the Kujalleq municipality in southern Greenland. At the mouth of the fjord the coastline of southwestern Greenland turns to the east towards Qaqortoq.
Geography Alanngorsuaq Fjord opens towards the west a few miles north of Cape Desolation. The Inner Kitsissut islands lie on the southern side of the mouth of the bay.Kobberminebugt
The fjord is long,Norwegian University of Science and Technology with an east-north-east − west-south-west orientation, opening into the Labrador Sea. There are several oblong, uninhabited islands in the inner part of the fjord, its mouth widening into a bay at the confluence with the Labrador SeaIvittuut/Narsarsuaq/Qaqortoq, Saga Map, Tage Schjøtt, 1992 at approximately .
Settlement The shores of the fjord are uninhabited. Arsuk is the closest settlement, located just beyond the border with the Sermersooq municipality, approximately to the north of the fjord mouth.
The fjord marked the southern limit of the former Frederikshåb District, now Paamiut.Geographical Items on West Greenland Encyclopedia It was named 'Coppermine Bay' after a pioneer mining operation in Southwestern Greenland at the beginning of the 20th century.The History of the Josva copper mine in Greenland, 1905-14
See also Bluie West Seven List of fjords of Greenland
References
External links
Explanatory notes to the Geological map of Greenland 1:1,000,000 scale Operational Navigation Chart, Sheet B-8, 3rd edition