The Antarctic Sound () is a
sound
In physics, sound is a vibration that propagates as an acoustic wave through a transmission medium such as a gas, liquid or solid.
In human physiology and psychology, sound is the ''reception'' of such waves and their ''perception'' by the br ...
in
King Christian X Land
King Christian X Land (; ) is an area of northeastern Greenland.
History
This area was named after King Christian X of Denmark and Iceland (). At the time of the Three-year Expedition to East Greenland, it is reported that, when Lauge Koch w ...
, Northeast
Greenland
Greenland is an autonomous territory in the Danish Realm, Kingdom of Denmark. It is by far the largest geographically of three constituent parts of the kingdom; the other two are metropolitan Denmark and the Faroe Islands. Citizens of Greenlan ...
. Administratively it is part of the
Northeast Greenland National Park
Northeast Greenland National Park (, ) is the world's largest national park and the 10th largest protected area (the only larger protected areas consist mostly of sea). Established in 1974, the Northeast Greenland national park expanded to its p ...
zone.
History
The sound was named by
Alfred Gabriel Nathorst
Alfred Gabriel Nathorst (7 November 1850 – 20 January 1921) was a Swedish Arctic explorer, geologist, and palaeobotanist. He travelled to Spitzbergen, Svalbard and Greenland where he took an interest in the Arctic floras from the Paleozoic ...
after his ship ''
Antarctic
The Antarctic (, ; commonly ) is the polar regions of Earth, polar region of Earth that surrounds the South Pole, lying within the Antarctic Circle. It is antipodes, diametrically opposite of the Arctic region around the North Pole.
The Antar ...
'',
[''Catalogue of place names in northern East Greenland'', Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland] on which he found and first mapped this fjord branch in 1899 during the Swedish Greenland Expedition in search of survivors of
S. A. Andrée's Arctic balloon expedition of 1897
S is the nineteenth letter of the English alphabet.
S may also refer to:
History
* an Anglo-Saxon charter's number in Peter Sawyer's, catalogue
Language and linguistics
* Long s (ſ), a form of the lower-case letter s formerly used where "s ...
.
[Spencer Apollonio, ''Lands That Hold One Spellbound: A Story of East Greenland,'' 2008, p. 81]
Geography
It is a
fjord
In physical geography, a fjord (also spelled fiord in New Zealand English; ) is a long, narrow sea inlet with steep sides or cliffs, created by a glacier. Fjords exist on the coasts of Antarctica, the Arctic, and surrounding landmasses of the n ...
forming a channel that runs roughly from northwest to southeast between the southern shore of mid
Kaiser Franz Joseph Fjord Kaiser Franz Joseph Fjord (; ) is the northernmost fjord system in the NE Greenland National Park area, East Greenland.
Geography
The Kaiser Franz Joseph Fjord has its mouth in the Foster Bay of the Greenland Sea, between Cape Mackenzie at th ...
to the north and the head of
King Oscar Fjord to the south. Its minimum width is 3 km.
The Antarctic Sound separates the northeastern shore of
Suess Land —part of the Greenland mainland— from the southwestern shore of
Ymer Island
Ymer Island () is an island in northeastern Greenland. The island is a part of Northeast Greenland National Park.
Ymer Island is named after the Swedish geographical journal ''Ymer'', which published many accounts of Swedish expeditions to Spit ...
.
Ruth Island lies off the southeastern mouth of the sound.
[''Prostar Sailing Directions 2005 Greenland and Iceland Enroute,'' p. 119]
See also
*
List of fjords of Greenland
This is a list of the most important fjords of Greenland:In Greenland, Northern Greenland, a large area made up entirely of fjords; therefore Peary Land above not a fjord but a fjord area.In Greenland, Northeastern Greenland, a large area made ...
*
Niviarsiat, NE Greenland
References
External links
*
Explanatory notes to the Geological map of GreenlandAntarctic Sund, Eastern Greenland - 28.8.10Massive iceberg, Antarctic Sund, Eastern Greenland - 28.8.10
Sounds of North America
Straits of Greenland
Fjords of Greenland
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