Wolstenholme Fjord
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Wolstenholme Fjord (Greenlandic: Uummannap Kangerlua)[1] is a fjord in Avannaata municipality, Northwest Greenland. It is located to the north of the Thule Air Base and adjacent to the abandoned Inuit settlement of Narsaarsuk.
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Wolstenholme Fjord | |
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Uummannap Kangerlua (Greenlandic) | |
Location | Arctic |
Coordinates | 76°37′55″N 68°38′15″W |
Ocean/sea sources | Baffin Bay |
Basin countries | Greenland |
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The area was contaminated in 1968 with plutonium and other radioactive elements following a B-52 bomber crash.[2]