Grandjean 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, Germany, Greenland, the Faroe Islands, Ice ...
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 ...
, East
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
This fjord was mapped in 1932 during the
Three-year Expedition to East Greenland
The Three-year Expedition ( da, Treårsekspeditionen) was an exploratory expedition to East Greenland that lasted from 1931 to 1934 financed by the Carlsberg Foundation and the Danish state. The expedition included aerial surveys.
Many geographi ...
led by
Lauge Koch
Lauge Koch (5 July 1892 – 5 June 1964) was a Danish geologist and Arctic explorer.
Biography
Lauge Koch was born in 1892 to Karl and Elisabeth Koch. His development as a scientist was greatly influenced by his father's second cousin Johan Pet ...
. In August of the same year it was surveyed by Gunnar Seidenfaden. Koch named it after Commander
Emil Valdemar Asger Grandjean (1889–1948), then chief of the
Royal Danish Navy Air Service
Geography
Grandjean Fjord opens to the east, between
Cape Negri to the south and
Cape Buch to the north. Its mouth is located in the northwestern area of
Hochstetter Bay, by the northern entrance of
Fligely Fjord, northwest of
Kuhn Island
Kuhn Island ( da, Kuhn Ø) is a coastal island in Hochstetter Bay, eastern Greenland. There are coal deposits on the island.
The island was discovered by the Second German North Polar Expedition (1869-1870) and is named after Franz Kuhn von ...
and south of the mouth area of
Ardencaple Fjord
Ardencaple Fjord is a fjord in King Christian X Land, northeastern Greenland. Administratively it is part of the Northeast Greenland National Park. History
Ardencaple Fjord was named by Douglas Clavering as "Ardencaple Inlet" in 1823, but the in ...
.
rises in the middle of mouth area of the fjord, about from the entrance.
The fjord is about wide at the mouth and stretches to the southwest for about , curving northwestwards and narrowing to about in its inner half where the
Heinkel Glacier flows into the head. Grandjean Fjord separates
Thomas Thomsen Land in the south from
C. H. Ostenfeldland to the north. There are high mountains on both sides of the fjord.
[''Prostar Sailing Directions 2005 Greenland and Iceland Enroute'', p. 123] Betulahavn is a bay in the SW side of the central stretch of the fjord.
Bibliography
*A. K. Higgins, Jane A. Gilotti, M. Paul Smith (eds.), ''The Greenland Caledonides: Evolution of the Northeast Margin of Laurentia''.
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
Geology of North-East GreenlandSpatial and temporal patterns of fine structure, and vertical mixing processes in Greenland fjords
Fjords of Greenland
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