Fonfjord ( kl, Ujuaakajiip Kangertiva; da, Fønfjord, meaning '
Foehn
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It is a rain shadow wind that results from the subsequent adiabatic warming of air that has dropped most of ...
Fjord') 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, Förden and East Jutland Fjorde, Germany, ...
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 ...
, eastern
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 i ...
.
This fjord is part of the
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 [Sermersooq
Sermersooq (, da, sted med meget is, lit=place of much ice) is a municipality in Greenland, formed on 1 January 2009 from five earlier, smaller municipalities. Its administrative seat is the city of Nuuk (formerly called Godthåb), the capital ...]
municipality.
History
This long fjord was surveyed and named in 1891 by
Carl Ryder
200px, Schooner '' Fylla'' in Copenhagen harbour
Carl Hartvig Ryder (12 September 1858 – 3 May 1923) was a Danish naval officer and Arctic explorer.
Biography
Carl Ryder was born in Copenhagen. He was the son of Frederik Valentiner Ryder (1821 ...
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.
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/ref> Ryder wrote:
Another name given by former surveyors was ''Blastfjord'', by Hans Christian Gulløv.
Geography
In the southern Scoresby Sound, between Cape Leslie
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History
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in Milne Land
Milne Land or Milneland is a large island in eastern Greenland. It is the third largest island of Greenland, after the main island of Greenland and Disko Island. It is named after British admiral David Milne.
This island is popular among climbe ...
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
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' ...
''(Gåsefjord)''. Gaaseland ''(Gåseland)'' is the peninsula that lies between these two fjords.Milne Land
Milne Land or Milneland is a large island in eastern Greenland. It is the third largest island of Greenland, after the main island of Greenland and Disko Island. It is named after British admiral David Milne.
This island is popular among climbe ...
and to the south by Gaaseland. 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 Expe ...
lies at the eastern end, by its mouth. Ten kilometers before the mouth, the fjord has a branch in the northeastern shore named Rensund that separates Danmark Island from Milne Land. Fonfjord makes a sharp bend to the north near the western end with the 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 ...
''(Rødefjord)'' running in a NNE
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direction and the 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 ...
branching roughly to the southwest.
The Rolige Bræ glacier flows into the Rode Fjord just north of the Vestfjord junction..
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 fjo ...
References
External links
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Holocene glacimarine sedimentation, inner Scoresby Sund
Fjords of Greenland
Scoresby Sound
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