6-663: Paatusoq , mentioned as 'Patursok' by Wilhelm August Graah , is a fjord in the King Frederick VI Coast , Kujalleq municipality, southeastern Greenland . Its name means "The one with the big mouth" in the Greenlandic language . Paatusoq Fjord extends in a roughly east–west direction for about 55 km (34 mi) between the Danell Fjord to the north and the Kuutseq Fjord to the south. To
12-533: A glacier reaching down to the waterline. In the western part of Paatusoq the mountain ranges on both sides of the fjord rise steeply from the shore to heights of about 2,000 m (6,600 ft). The massive succession of mountains on the northern side culminates in Mount Paatusoq (Patuersoq), a magnificent ultra-prominent peak at 60°52′55″N 43°44′56″W / 60.88194°N 43.74889°W / 60.88194; -43.74889 towering to
18-599: A height of 2,488 m (8,163 ft) above the glacier at the head of the fjord. This mountain is marked as a 8,238-foot-high (2,511 m) peak in the Defense Mapping Agency Greenland Navigation charts. This Greenland location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Wilhelm August Graah Wilhelm August Graah (1793–1863) was a Danish naval officer and Arctic explorer . Graah had mapped areas of West Greenland when he, in 1828–30,
24-487: The east the fjord opens into the North Atlantic Ocean 10 km (6.2 mi) southwest of Cape Discord . There are two rocks awash in its mouth and Qasingortoq, a 355-metre-high (1,165 ft) point marks its entrance. Danell Fjord lies close to the north, running parallel to Paatusoq. Paatusoq has a short branch midway into its southern shore at about 23 km (14 mi) from the fjord's mouth with
30-499: Was sent by King Frederick VI of Denmark on an expedition to the unmapped eastern coast with the purpose to search for the lost Eastern Norse Settlement . The expedition set out from Copenhagen in the brig Hvalfisken , but - once arrived in Greenland - used umiaks able to navigate in the waters between the coast and the sea ice of southeastern Greenland. In 1829, the expedition reached Dannebrog Island (65° 18' N), where it
36-568: Was stopped by ice. They wintered at Nugarlik (63° 22' N) and returned to the settlements on the west coast of Greenland in 1830. Two naturalists participated - the geologist Christian Pingel and the botanist Jens Vahl . Graah published an account of the exploration. Graah named the southeastern coast of Greenland King Frederick VI Coast and mapped about 550 km of formerly uncharted territory. Although he had been asked to reach 69°, Graah fell short of his goal of going further north owing to innumerable hardships. He made numerous contacts with
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