The Antarctic Sound ( da, Antarctic Sund) 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 ...
in
King Christian X Land
King Christian X Land ( da, Kong Christian X Land) is an area of northeastern Greenland.
History
This area was named after King Christian X of Denmark and Iceland (1870 – 1947), who rose to the throne in 1912. At the time of the Three-year E ...
, Northeast
Greenland
Greenland ( kl, Kalaallit Nunaat, ; da, Grønland, ) is an island country in North America that is part of the Kingdom of Denmark. It is located between the Arctic and Atlantic oceans, east of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. Greenland is t ...
. Administratively it is part of the
Northeast Greenland National Park
Northeast Greenland National Park ( kl, Kalaallit Nunaanni nuna eqqissisimatitaq, da, Grønlands Nationalpark) is the world's largest national park and the 10th List of largest protected areas in the world, largest protected area (the only large ...
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.
Life
He was born in Väderbrunn in Sweden.
Nathorst's interest in geology was awoken by Charles Lyell’s ‘’Prin ...
after his ship ''
Antarctic
The Antarctic ( or , American English also or ; commonly ) is a polar region around Earth's South Pole, opposite the Arctic region around the North Pole. The Antarctic comprises the continent of Antarctica, the Kerguelen Plateau and other ...
'',
[''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 or fiord () is a long, narrow inlet with steep sides or cliffs, created by a glacier. Fjords exist on the coasts of Alaska, Antarctica, British Columbia, Chile, Denmark, Germany, Greenland, the Faroe Islands, Ice ...
forming a channel that runs roughly from northwest to southeast between the southern shore of mid
Kaiser Franz Joseph Fjord
Kaiser Franz Joseph Fjord ( da, Kejser Franz Josef Fjord; kl, Kangerluk Kejser Franz Joseph) is a major fjord system in the NE Greenland National Park area, East Greenland.
Geography
The Kaiser Franz Joseph Fjord has its mouth in the Foster Ba ...
to the north and the head of
King Oscar Fjord
King Oscar Fjord ( da, Kong Oscar Fjord) is a fjord in East Greenland, marking the northern border of the Scoresby Land Peninsula.
It was named by A.G. Nathorst on his 1899 expedition as ''Konung Oscars Fjord'' for Oscar II, King of Sweden from 1 ...
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 ( da, Ymer Ø) 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 expedit ...
.
Ruth Island
Ruth Island (also known as Ruth Cay) is an artificial island off the southern coast of Saint Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands
Saint Croix; nl, Sint-Kruis; french: link=no, Sainte-Croix; Danish and no, Sankt Croix, Taino: ''Ay Ay'' ( ) is an i ...
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 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 fjor ...
*
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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