Kaiser Franz Joseph Fjord ( da, Kejser Franz Josef Fjord; kl, Kangerluk Kejser Franz Joseph) is a major fjord system in the NE Greenland National Park area, East

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Geography

The Kaiser Franz Joseph Fjord has its mouth in the Foster Bay of the

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, between Cape Mackenzie at the eastern end of Geographical Society Island and Cape Franklin, the southern end of the mainland's Gauss Peninsula;

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lies in the bay off its mouth. It extends westwards for about 100 km, then at Eleonore Bay in an NNE/SSW direction for about 32 km, bending again westwards at Cape Mohn, the western end of

Ymer Island Ymer Island ( da, Ymer Ø) is an island in northeastern Greenland. The island is a part of Northeast Greenland National Park. Ymer Island is named after the Swedish geographical journal ''Ymer'', which published many accounts of Swedish expedit ...

, branching again with the

Isfjord Isfjord, meaning 'Ice Fjord' in the Danish language, is a fjord in King Christian X Land, eastern Greenland. The Isfjord is part of the Kaiser Franz Joseph Fjord complex''Prostar Sailing Directions 2005 Greenland and Iceland Enroute'', p. 120 in ...

extending northwestwards for over 60 km. Two tributary fjords, the wide

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—with the large

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at its head and the Muskox Fjord ''(Moskusokse Fjord)'' branching eastwards— and the narrower Geologfjord —with the

Nunatak Glacier Nunatak Glacier ( da, Nunatakgletscher), also known as Nunatak Glacier, is a glacier in King Christian X Land, Northeast Greenland. Administratively it lies in the Northeast Greenland National Park zone. The area where the glacier flows is remo ...

, branch from the northern side of the fjord, about 70 km from the entrance. Dusen Fjord in Ymer Island joins the fjord on the southern side, nearer its mouth. The Devil's Castle ''(Teufelsschloss)'' is a prominent mountain of reddish rock with a lighter stripe extending diagonally across its face that stands close to the southern side of Cape Petersens, the NW extremity of Ymer Island. The Nordenskiold Glacier flows into the head of the Kaiser Franz Joseph Fjord, just west of the mouth of Kjerulf Fjord, marking the southern limit of Fraenkel Land and the northern of Goodenoughland. The fjord is bounded by the Suess Land Peninsula and Ymer Island to the South, with the

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separating them and connecting with the King Oscar Fjord system to the south.

Frænkel Land Frænkel Land is a peninsula in King Christian X Land, East Greenland. Administratively it is part of the Northeast Greenland National Park. History It was named ''Frænkels Halfö'' by A.G. Nathorst on his 1899 expedition after Knut Frænkel ...

, Andrée Land and the Gauss Peninsula lie to the North of the fjord. The branches of Kaiser Franz Joseph Fjord are: * Dusenfjord *

** Muskox Fjord * Geologfjord *

* Kjerulf Fjord Since its structure is made up by deep, drowned valleys, the Kaiser Franz Joseph Fjord has almost no small islands in its interior. Small and rocky Bjorne Island ''(Bjørneø)'' is located near the mouth of Geologfjord,''Prostar Sailing Directions 2005 Greenland and Iceland Enroute'', p. 120 north of

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, the easternmost end of Andrée Land. Ättestupan is a

cliff In geography and geology, a cliff is an area of rock which has a general angle defined by the vertical, or nearly vertical. Cliffs are formed by the processes of weathering and erosion, with the effect of gravity. Cliffs are common on co ...

rising to a height of from the southern shore of Frænkel Land, on the northern side of Kaiser Franz Joseph Fjord.

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History

This fjord was first surveyed and partially explored by the Second

German North Polar Expedition The German North Polar Expeditions were a short series of mid-19th century German expeditions to the Arctic. The aim was to explore the North Pole region and to brand the newly united, Prussian-led German Empire as a great power. In 1866, German ge ...

1869–70 and named ''Kaiser Franz Joseph Fjord'' for

Franz Joseph Franz Joseph I or Francis Joseph I (german: Franz Joseph Karl, hu, Ferenc József Károly, 18 August 1830 – 21 November 1916) was Emperor of Austria, King of Hungary, and the other states of the Habsburg monarchy from 2 December 1848 until his ...

, Emperor of

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, who had made substantial donations to the expedition.Place names, NE Greenland
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References

External links

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On the Map of King Oscar Fjord and Kaiser Franz Josef Fjord in North-Eastern Greenland
Fjords of Greenland {{greenland-geo-stub