Ingolf Fjord ( da, Ingolfs Fjord), also known as Ingolf Sound, 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 ...

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 ...

's northeastern coast in northern

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 ...

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The fjord 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 ...

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 ...

which mapped Greenland's north coast between Cape York and

Denmark Sound Danmark Fjord (), also known as Denmark Sound, is a fjord in northeast Greenland. Administratively it belongs to the Northeast Greenland National Park. The fjord was explored and named after the expedition ship '' Danmark'' at the time of the ill ...

. It was named after 544-ton schooner ''Ingolf'', used for hydrographic surveys in the waters off Greenland in 1879 and 1895; this vessel had also been used by

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) ...

on a voyage to the West Indies in 1884–85.

Geography

Ingolf Fjord is located between

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 south and Amdrup Land to the north at the southern end of the

Crown Prince Christian Land Crown Prince Christian Land ( da, Kronprins Christian Land) is a large peninsula in northern Greenland. It is a part of King Frederick VIII Land and administratively it belongs to the Northeast Greenland National Park. It was named after Crown P ...

peninsula. On its eastern end lie the Wegener Islands, near its mouth in the

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. Between

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to the north and to the south. On the fjord's southern shore lie the

Princess Caroline-Mathilde Alps The Princess Caroline-Mathilde Alps ( da, Prinsesse Caroline Mathilde Alper) are a mountain range system in the Holm Land Peninsula, King Frederick VIII Land, northeastern Greenland. Administratively this range is part of the Northeast Greenland ...

and the terminus of the Spaerre Brae glacier (), about from its mouth.''Prostar Sailing Directions 2005 Greenland and Iceland Enroute'', p. 128 is a high mountain rising west of the glacier. The Bjørne Glacier discharges from the west side of the outer Ingolf Fjord, draining the

Princess Elizabeth Alps The Princess Elizabeth Alps ( da, Prinsesse Elisabeth Alper) is a mountain range in King Frederick VIII Land, northeastern Greenland. Administratively this range is part of the Northeast Greenland National Park zone. The range was named by Eigi ...

range to the north. The southern end of the Princess Elizabeth Alps and the Hjorne Glacier () are located on the north side of the inner fjord. A few miles further west the Ingolf Fjord bends to the SSW at a right angle and there is a small arm, Solvig, with valley running SSW at the end of which lies

Centrum Lake Centrum Lake ( da, Centrumsø, also known as ''Centrum Sø''), is a lake in King Frederick VIII Land, near Greenland's northeastern coast. The lake and its surroundings are part of the Northeast Greenland National Park zone. The Danish military bas ...

. The Nunataami Elv river valley — the outflow of

Romer Lake Romer Lake ( da, Romer Sø) is a land-locked freshwater fjord at the northern end of King Frederick VIII Land, near Greenland's northeastern coast. The Danish military base/weather station Nord —the only inhabited place in the area— lies to ...

further north — discharges at the northern inner arm of the fjord. This arm was formerly believed to form the head of the fjord, but in 1939, the fjord was found to continue further to the west and SW, ending in two short branches in its innermost end, the branching in a western direction and the Solvig in a southern direction. The Drabe Glacier () is a

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located on the east side of this area. North Greenland section-txu-pclmaps-oclc-8322829 a 1

References

External links

Report of environmental operation. Lead Dog 1960 - US Army Transportation Corps
Fjords of Greenland {{Greenland-geo-stub

Geography

See also

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