Lindeman 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 ...

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, East

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. Administratively it is part of the

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zone.

History

The outer part of the fjord was first surveyed by

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during the 1869–70 Second

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. Koldewey named it ''Lindeman Bai'' after Moritz Karl Adolf Lindeman (1823 – 1908), secretary of the Association for German Polar Exploration ''(Verein für die Deutsche Nordpolarfahrt)'' in

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. Later, during the

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led by

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, more thorough surveys were made and the fjord was found to become narrow to the west and extend further inland, thus the water body was renamed "Lindeman Fjord".

Geography

Lindeman Fjord opens to the east, southwest of

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and south of the mouth area of

Fligely Fjord Fligely Fjord is a fjord in King Christian X Land, East Greenland. Administratively it is part of the Northeast Greenland National Park zone. History The fjord was first surveyed by Carl Koldewey during the 1869–70 Second German North Polar Expe ...

. It extends southwest of

, west of Cape Schumacher at the southern end of the island. To the south lies

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and

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lies to the north. The fjord is about wide at the entrance and stretches to the west for about , curving slightly southwestwards and narrowing to less than before the head.''Prostar Sailing Directions 2005 Greenland and Iceland Enroute'', p. 123 A massive mountain named Hohe Kugel rises north of the mouth of the fjord. Svejstrup Dal, a long valley at the head of Lindemann Fjord, stretches northwestwards between A. P. Olsen Land and Thomas Thomsen Land

References

External links

Scott Polar Research Institute, Cambridge - Museum catalogue

Field report from Greenland: basin analysis in high gear
Fjords of Greenland {{Greenland-geo-stub

History

Geography

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