2 August 2002.

Narsaq — Nanortalik

(By Boat)

On our way to Nanortalik we refueled at Qaqortoq ( Julianehåb ) (No picture!)

Zooming in on the steep mountain called the "Church Steeple" (Kirkespiret or Napassorssuaq 1287 m - Point 1 on the map above). An enlargement from middle of above picture.

View towards the north from hotel room in Hotel Kap Farvel where we stayed for two nights in Nanortalik.

Nanortalik means 'place of bears', i. e. polar bears, but we didn't meet any, not this time of the year. Each winter however several polar bears are spotted in the area

Around Nanortalik the geological map is coloured in as "pelitic to semipelitic gneiss, often with considerable pegmatite migmatisation, generally with cordierite and sillimanite".

Gneiss in road cutting near Hotel kap farvel.

Gneiss near the church. Diameter of lens cap = 52 mm.

Gneiss in Nanortalik. Diameter of coin = 28 mm.

The wooden church is from 1916 and reminds about a Danish village church.