The Dijmphna Sound ( da, Dijmphna 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 ...

King Frederick VIII Land King Frederick VIII Land ( da, Kong Frederik VIII Land) is a major geographic division of northeastern Greenland. It extends above the Arctic Circle from 76°N to 81°N in a N/S direction along the coast of the Greenland Sea. History This vast ...

, 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 the 1906-1908

Denmark expedition The Denmark expedition ( da, Danmark-ekspeditionen), also known as the Denmark Expedition to Greenland's Northeast Coast, and as the Danmark Expedition after the ship, was an expedition to the northeast of Greenland in 1906–1908. Despite being ...

after steamer ''

Dijmphna ''Dijmphna'' was as schooner-rigged steamship, built in 1871 in Sweden and named ''Linköping''. During her first years ''Linköping'' sailed as a merchant in the North Sea and the Baltic but was sold in 1882 to the wealthy coffee trader and b ...

'', on which Danish Naval officer

Andreas Peter Hovgaard Andreas Peter Hovgaard (1 November 1853 – 15 March 1910) was a Danish naval officer and Arctic explorer. Hovgaard became a sub-lieutenant of the Danish Navy in 1874, rising to the rank of Lieutenant (navy), lieutenant in 1876, Captain (naval) ...

attempted to reach and map the area to the north of the

Taymyr Peninsula The Taymyr Peninsula (russian: Таймырский полуостров, Taymyrsky poluostrov) is a peninsula in the Far North of Russia, in the Siberian Federal District, that forms the northernmost part of the mainland of Eurasia. Administrati ...

in 1882–1883, but ended up stuck in the

Kara Sea The Kara Sea (russian: Ка́рское мо́ре, ''Karskoye more'') is a marginal sea, separated from the Barents Sea to the west by the Kara Strait and Novaya Zemlya, and from the Laptev Sea to the east by the Severnaya Zemlya archipelago. ...

pack ice.''Catalogue of place names in northern East Greenland'', Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland A

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forms at the foot of the steep cliffs of

Mallemuk Mountain Mallemuk Mountain ( da, Mallemukfjeldet) is a mountain plateau with seaward cliffs in NE Greenland. Administratively it is part of the Northeast Greenland National Park zone. This mountain was named by the ill-fated Denmark expedition after the ...

so that there is sometimes open water in that area, even in the winter.Spencer Apollonio, ''Lands That Hold One Spellbound: A Story of East Greenland,'' 2008, pp. 110-116

Geography

The sound is structurally a

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forming a channel that runs roughly westwards between the southern shore of

Holm Land Holm Land ( da, Holms Land), sometimes referred to as "Hahn Land", is a peninsula in King Frederick VIII Land, northeastern Greenland. Administratively it belongs to the NE Greenland National Park area. This peninsula was named by the 1906-1908 ...

to the north and Cape H. N. Andersen, at the NE end of Hovgaard Island to the south. Its minimum width is 4 km.''Prostar Sailing Directions 2005 Greenland and Iceland Enroute,'' p. 128 Lynn Island is located about from the mouth of the Dijmphna Sound where it bends in a NE/SW direction. At Cape Marie Dijmphna, the

Hekla Sound The Hekla Sound ( da, Hekla Sund) is a sound in King Frederick VIII Land, Northeast Greenland. Administratively it is part of the Northeast Greenland National Park zone.Google Earth History The sound was named by the ill-fated 1906-1908 Denmark ...

branches to the NW separating the shore of Lynn Island from the southwestern shore of Holm Land to the north and —bending roughly southward— with the Skallingen shore in the Greenland mainland to the west, joining again the Dijmphna Sound. Meanwhile, the sound bends further southward west of Hovgaard Island until it meets the

Spalte Glacier The Spalte Glacier was a large floating glacier located in Crown Prince Christian Land, northeastern Greenland. The glacier broke up and completely disintegrated in July 2020. Geography The glacier was a northern offshoot of the Nioghalvfjerdsb ...

flowing from the

Nioghalvfjerd Fjord Nioghalvfjerdsbrae (), sometimes referred to as " 79 N Glacier", is a large glacier located in King Frederick VIII Land, northeastern Greenland. It drains an area of of the Greenland Ice Sheet with a flux (quantity of ice moved from the land to ...

in the southwest. Cape Adolf Jensen lies on the southeastern side of the southern mouth of the sound.

References

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External links

Properties of the waters sampled in Dijmphna SoundExplanatory notes to the Geological map of Greenland
Sounds of North America Straits of Greenland Fjords of Greenland

History

Geography

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