[4] The fjord becomes wide in its middle part and has a large active glacier at its head and on its sides.

Uummannaarsuk —not to be confused with Uummannaarsuk off the mouth of Avaqqat Kangerluat 15 km further north— is a small island located about 2.8 km to the NE of Cape Olfert Fischer, the point on the southern side of the fjord's mouth.

[5] The Igutsaat Paleo-Eskimo archaeological site is located by the shore at the entrance of the fjord on its northern side.

[6] There are high mountains rising on both sides of the fjord, the Kangerluluk Range (Kangerluluk Bjerge) stretching along the southern side from east to west reaching heights of 1,291 m (4,236 ft) above the terminus of the glacier —its higher summits rising further to the west.

The range flanking the fjord on the northern side has a peak reaching a height of 1,728.8 m (5,672 ft) rising further inland above the glacier at its head at 61°15′20″N 43°26′9″W / 61.25556°N 43.43583°W / 61.25556; -43.43583.