Kivioq Fjord ( da, Kivioqs Fjord) is a fjord in
King Christian IX Land
King Christian IX Land ( da, Kong Christian IX Land) is a coastal area of Southeastern Greenland in Sermersooq Municipality fronting the Denmark Strait and extending through the Arctic Circle from 65°N to 70°N.
History
This area was named in ...
, 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 is t ...
. It is part of the
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
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate.
The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...
.
Geography
This fjord lies in the
Blosseville Coast
The Blosseville Coast ( da, Blosseville Kyst) is a long stretch of coast in King Christian IX Land, eastern Greenland. Administratively it belongs to the Sermersooq Municipality.
The Blosseville Coast is steep and difficult to access by ship owing ...
east of
Nansen Fjord
Nansen Fjord is a fjord in King Christian IX Land, Eastern Greenland. It is part of the Sermersooq municipality. Geography
This fjord lies in an indented area of the Blosseville Coast where there is a succession of rocky headlands with active glac ...
. Its mouth lies between
Cape Garde to the west and
Cape Normann to the east.
[''Prostar Sailing Directions 2005 Greenland and Iceland Enroute'', p. 110] The fjord is oriented in a NW/SE direction. It has a glacier at its head and another discharging in its eastern shore.
See also
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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
Fjords of Greenland
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