Fønfjord
Fonfjord ( kl, Ujuaakajiip Kangertiva; da, Fønfjord, meaning 'Foehn Fjord') is a fjord in King Christian X Land, eastern Greenland. This fjord is part of the Scoresby Sound system.''Prostar Sailing Directions 2005 Greenland and Iceland Enroute'', p. 115 Administratively it lies in the area of Sermersooq municipality. History This long fjord was surveyed and named in 1891 by Carl Ryder during his 1891–92 East Greenland Expedition. It was named "Føhnfjord" owing to the powerful Foehn wind gusts blowing during the first exploration of the fjord in August 1891. Ryder wrote: Another name given by former surveyors was ''Blastfjord'', by Hans Christian Gulløv. Geography In the southern Scoresby Sound, between Cape Leslie in Milne Land to the north and Cape Stevenson to the south, there are the mouths of two fjords that go in a roughly southwestern direction. The northern branch is the Fonfjord and the southern is the much wider mouth of the Gaasefjord ''(Gåsefjord)''. Gaaselan ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Scoresby Sound
Scoresby Sound (Danish: ''Scoresby Sund'', Greenlandic: ''Kangertittivaq'') is a large fjord system of the Greenland Sea on the eastern coast of Greenland. It has a tree-like structure, with a main body approximately Scoresby Sund Encyclopædia Britannica on-line long that branches into a system of s covering an area of about . The longest of the fjords extends 340–350 km (210-216 mi) inland from the coastline. The depth is 400–600 m (1,310-1,970 ft) in the main basin, but depths increase to up to in some fjords. It is one of the largest and longest fjord systems in the world.Archaeology, p. 7 On the northern side of the mouth of the Scoresb ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Gaasefjord
Gaasefjord ( kl, Nertivit Kangersivat; da, Gåsefjord, meaning 'Goose Fjord') is a fjord in King Christian X Land, eastern Greenland. This fjord is part of the Scoresby Sound system.''Prostar Sailing Directions 2005 Greenland and Iceland Enroute'', p. 115 Administratively it lies in the area of Sermersooq municipality. History The Gåsefjord was named in 1891 by Carl Ryder during his 1891–92 East Greenland Expedition. It was named after the geese, for the Barnacle goose and the Pink-footed goose are common in the region. Other names given by former surveyors were ''Sydfjorden'', by Ragnvald Knudsen, and ''Taagefjord'' by Nikolaj Hartz. The Greenlandic name ''Nertivit Kangersivat'' is being used in present-day maps, although originally the fjord was known as ''Oqqummut Kangertiva''. Geography In the southern Scoresby Sound, between Cape Leslie in Milne Land to the north and Cape Stevenson to the south, there are the mouths of two fjords that go in a roughly southwestern dire ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Foehn Wind
A Foehn or Föhn (, , ), is a type of dry, relatively warm, downslope wind that occurs in the lee (downwind side) of a mountain range. It is a rain shadow wind that results from the subsequent adiabatic warming of air that has dropped most of its moisture on windward slopes (see orographic lift). As a consequence of the different adiabatic lapse rates of moist and dry air, the air on the leeward slopes becomes warmer than equivalent elevations on the windward slopes. Foehn winds can raise temperatures by as much as 14 °C (25 °F) in just a matter of hours. Switzerland, southern Germany and Austria have a warmer climate due to the Foehn, as moist winds off the Mediterranean Sea blow over the Alps. Etymology The name ''Foehn'' (german: Föhn, ) arose in the Alpine region. Originating from Latin ''(ventus) favonius'', a mild west wind of which Favonius was the Roman personification and probably transmitted by rm, favuogn or just ''fuogn'', the term was adopted as ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Vestfjord
Vestfjord, meaning "West Fjord" in the Danish language, is a fjord in King Christian X Land, eastern Greenland. This fjord is part of the Scoresby Sound system in the area of Sermersooq municipality. Geography This tributary fjord extends between high mountains for about in a west–east direction until its mouth in the confluence of the Rode Fjord ''(Røde Fjord)'' and the Fonfjord ''(Fønfjord)'' opposite the western end of Milne Land. Two large glacier branches have their terminus in the Vestfjord, the Døde Bræ from the northwest and the Vestfjord Glacier from the southwest —the latter aligned with the fjord. They flow into the head of the Vestfjord at the fjord's western end and a nunatak reaching a height of rises between the two glaciers. Geologically this fjord is part of the Vestfjord-Hinksland gneiss and schist zone crystalline complex.''The Mineral Occurrences of Central East Greenland'' See also *List of fjords of Greenland This is a list of the most ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Danmark Island
Danmark Island ( kl, Ujuaakajiip Nunaa; da, Danmark Ø) is an island in Scoresby Sund. Administratively it lies in the area of Sermersooq municipality. History The island was named in 1891 by Carl Ryder during his 1891–92 East Greenland Expedition. It was chosen as a wintering harbor in 1891/2 during the exploration of the Scoresby Sund fjord system. Numerous remains of Inuit habitations were found on the island by the East Greenland Expedition, indicating that the Scoresby Sound area had been inhabited in relatively recent times.Spencer Apollonio: ''Lands that Hold One Spellbound.'' University of Calgary Press, 2008, , p. 78 The Greenlandic name ''Ujuaakajiip Nunaa'' was registered in 1955 by the Danish Geodætisk Institut. It means "Little Johan’s Land" after Johan Petersen, Scoresbysund colony manager, who was known to the locals as "Ujuât". Geography Danmark Island lies at the eastern end of Fon Fjord by its mouth. Ten kilometers before the mouth, the fjord has a bra ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Arctic
The Arctic ( or ) is a polar regions of Earth, polar region located at the northernmost part of Earth. The Arctic consists of the Arctic Ocean, adjacent seas, and parts of Canada (Yukon, Northwest Territories, Nunavut), Danish Realm (Greenland), Finland, Iceland, Norway, Russia (Murmansk Oblast, Murmansk, Siberia, Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Nenets Okrug, Novaya Zemlya), Sweden and the United States (Alaska). Land within the Arctic region has seasonally varying snow and sea ice, ice cover, with predominantly treeless permafrost (permanently frozen underground ice) containing tundra. Arctic seas contain seasonal sea ice in many places. The Arctic region is a unique area among Earth's ecosystems. The cultures in the region and the Arctic indigenous peoples have adapted to its cold and extreme conditions. Life in the Arctic includes zooplankton and phytoplankton, fish and marine mammals, birds, land animals, plants and human societies. Arctic land is bordered by the subarctic. De ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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List Of Fjords Of Greenland
This is a list of the most important fjords of Greenland:In Northern Greenland, a large area made up entirely of fjords; therefore Peary Land above not a fjord but a fjord area.In Northeastern Greenland, a large area made up entirely of fjords; therefore is the Scoresby Sund above not a fjord but a fjord area. Fjords * Alanngorsuaq Fjord * Aleqatsiaq Fjord * Alluitsup Kangerlua (Lichtenau Fjord) * Ameralik Fjord * Amerloq Fjord * Ammassalik Fjord * Ananap Kangertiva Kiateq * Anaanap Kangertiva Oqqorseq (Depot Fjord) * Anorituup Kangerlua **Kangikitsua * Attertia * Ardencaple Fjord ** Bredefjord ** Smallefjord * Arfersiorfik Fjord * Avaqqat Kangerluat **Puiattoq **Qassialik * Bernstorff Fjord * Bessel Fjord * Bessel Fjord, NW Greenland * Bowdoin Fjord * Carlsberg Fjord (Kangerterajitta Itterterilaa) * Cass Fjord * Danmark Fjord * De Dodes Fjord * Deichmann Fjord * Dijmphna Sound ** Hekla Sound * Eqalugaarsuit Fjord * Fleming Fjord * Foulk Fjord * Frederick E. ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Operational Navigation Chart C-1, 1st Edition
An operational definition specifies concrete, replicable procedures designed to represent a construct. In the words of American psychologist S.S. Stevens (1935), "An operation is the performance which we execute in order to make known a concept." For example, an operational definition of "fear" (the construct) often includes measurable physiologic responses that occur in response to a perceived threat. Thus, "fear" might be operationally defined as specified changes in heart rate, galvanic skin response, pupil dilation, and blood pressure. Overview An operational definition is designed to model or represent a concept or theoretical definition, also known as a construct. Scientists should describe the operations (procedures, actions, or processes) that define the concept with enough specificity such that other investigators can replicate their research. Operational definitions are also used to define system states in terms of a specific, publicly accessible process of preparation ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Scoresby
Scoresby may refer to: People * William Scoresby (1789–1857), British Arctic explorer, scientist and clergyman * William F. Scoresby (1840–1884), New York politician * William Scoresby Routledge (1859–1939), British ethnographer, anthropologist and adventurer Places * Scoresby (crater), Lunar crater * Scoresby Bay, Nunavut, Canada * Scoresby Hills, Nunavut, Canada * Scoresby Point, South Georgia * Scoresby Sound, a fjord in the Eastern coast of Greenland * Scoresby, Victoria, Australia ** former Electoral district of Scoresby * William Scoresby Archipelago, Antarctica * William Scoresby Bay, Antarctica Ships * RRS ''William Scoresby'', early 20th century British research vessel * SS ''Scoresby'' (1923–1940), British steam merchant ship In fiction * Lee Scoresby This is a list of characters from the two Philip Pullman trilogies, ''His Dark Materials'' and ''The Book of Dust''. Introduced in ''Northern Lights'' Lyra Belacqua Lyra Belacqua, later known as Lyra Silve ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Rode Fjord
Rode Fjord ( da, Røde Fjord, meaning 'Red Fjord') is a fjord in King Christian X Land, eastern Greenland. The Rode Fjord is part of the Scoresby Sound complex''Prostar Sailing Directions 2005 Greenland and Iceland Enroute'', p. 115 in the area of Sermersooq municipality. Geography The to wide Rode Fjord is located in the inner Scoresby Sound. At its southern end the fjord is a northerly continuation of the Fonfjord. On the western shore, near the confluence, the Rolige Brae glacier flows into the fjord and a little further south the Vestfjord branches off to the west. There is a small island in the area named Rode Island ''(Røde Ø)''. At the northern end the Rode Fjord is a southern offshoot of the Ofjord. From the confluence of the Ofjord, the Hare Fjord runs in a westerly direction and the Rype Fjord branches to the northwest while the wider Rode Fiord branches to the southwest off the western shore of Storo Island for about . This fjord separates the larger island of Milne ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |