Kangertittivatsiaq, old spelling Kangerdlugssuatsiak, meaning "The rather large fjord,"Greenland Pilot; Explanations of the place names is a fjord in Sermersooq, Eastern Greenland.
There are numerous ruins of former relatively large Inuit settlements near the mouth of the fjord. These were first reported by Georg Carl Amdrup at the turn of the 20th century when no Inuit were living in the area anymore.Spencer Apollonio, Lands That Hold One Spellbound: A Story of East Greenland, 2008 p. 89
Geography { "type": "ExternalData", "service": "geoshape", "ids": "Q3812777", "properties": { "fill": "#0050d0"}} Kangertittivatsiaq is located in King Christian IX Land, north of Tasiilaq (Amassalik). It is a long fjord running roughly from northwest to southeast for about 26 km. Nordfjord branches northwards at the southern end of the fjord and Sammilik Fjord branches roughly southwestwards on the western side of its mouth. Storo Island and smaller Eskimo Island are located off the fjord's mouth to the south.
Mountains There are high mountains on both sides of Kangertittivatsiaq. Well-known Ingolf Fjeld rises to a height of on the northeastern side of the inner fjord at .
Bibliography Spencer Apollonio, Lands That Hold One Spellbound: A Story of East Greenland, 2008 See also List of fjords of Greenland
References
External links Inuit Cartography - Nuuk Marluk Kangertittivatsiaq, Greenland 2012 - An Assortment of Vertical Memories