Bowdoin Fjord is a
fjord
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in northern
Greenland
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. To the south the fjord opens into the
Inglefield Gulf
Inglefield Gulf or Inglefield Fjord ( da, Inglefield Bredning; kl, Kangerlussuaq) is a fjord in northwestern Greenland. To the west, the fjord opens into the Baffin Bay. Administratively it belongs to the Avannaata municipality.
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of the
Baffin Bay
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.
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This fjord was named by
Robert Peary
Robert Edwin Peary Sr. (; May 6, 1856 – February 20, 1920) was an American explorer and officer in the United States Navy who made several expeditions to the Arctic in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He is best known for, in Apri ...
after his alma mater,
Bowdoin College
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. It was the subject of paintings by
Frank Wilbert Stokes
Frank Wilbert Stokes, also known as Frank Stokes, Frank W. Stokes and F. W. Stokes
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at the end of the 19th century.
Geography
Bowdoin Fjord runs in a roughly north–south direction with its mouth west of
Cape Milne and 15 km west of
Cape Ackland
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, in the northern shore of the middle reaches of the
Inglefield Gulf
Inglefield Gulf or Inglefield Fjord ( da, Inglefield Bredning; kl, Kangerlussuaq) is a fjord in northwestern Greenland. To the west, the fjord opens into the Baffin Bay. Administratively it belongs to the Avannaata municipality.
Inglefield Gulf ...
.
Piulip Nunaa is the peninsula that separates this fjord from
MacCormick Fjord
MacCormick Fjord ( kl, Iterlassuaq) is a fjord in northern Greenland. To the southwest, the fjord opens into the Murchison Sound of the Baffin Bay.GoogleEarth
History
In 1891 a spot in the southern shore near the mouth of the fjord was chosen as ...
to the west and northwest; Bowdoin Fjord forms its eastern coastline. To the east lies
Prudhoe Land
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. There is an
Inuit
Inuit (; iu, ᐃᓄᐃᑦ 'the people', singular: Inuk, , dual: Inuuk, ) are a group of culturally similar indigenous peoples inhabiting the Arctic and subarctic regions of Greenland, Labrador, Quebec, Nunavut, the Northwest Territories ...
settlement on the western shore of the fjord roughly 3 km north of
Cape Tyrconnel
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History
Capes were common in medieval Europe, especially when combined with a hood in the chaperon. Th ...
.
[''Prostar Sailing Directions 2005 Greenland and Iceland Enroute,'' p. 90]
The
Bowdoin Glacier
Bowdoin Glacier ( da, Bowdoin Gletscher or ''Bowdoin Brae''), is a glacier in northwestern Greenland. Administratively it belongs to the Avannaata municipality.
Like the fjord further south, this glacier was named by Robert Peary after Bowdoin ...
discharges from the
Greenland Ice Sheet
The Greenland ice sheet ( da, Grønlands indlandsis, kl, Sermersuaq) is a vast body of ice covering , roughly near 80% of the surface of Greenland. It is sometimes referred to as an ice cap, or under the term ''inland ice'', or its Danish equiva ...
at the head of the Bowdoin Fjord.
T. C. Chamberlin, ''Glacial Studies in Greenland.'' The Journal of Geology Vol. 5, No. 3 (Apr. - May, 1897), pp. 229-240. Published by: The University of Chicago Press
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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 ...
References
External links
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Greenland Institute of Natural Resources - Grønlands Naturinstitut
Fjords of Greenland
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