MacCormick Fjord ( kl, Iterlassuaq) 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 northern
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 ...
. To the southwest, the fjord opens into the
Murchison Sound of the
Baffin Bay
Baffin Bay ( Inuktitut: ''Saknirutiak Imanga''; kl, Avannaata Imaa; french: Baie de Baffin), located between Baffin Island and the west coast of Greenland, is defined by the International Hydrographic Organization as a marginal sea of the Arct ...
.
GoogleEarth
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History
In 1891 a spot in the southern shore near the mouth of the fjord was chosen as a place for the recovery of
Robert Peary
Robert Edwin Peary Sr. (; May 6, 1856 – February 20, 1920) was an American explorer and officer in the United States Navy who made several expeditions to the Arctic in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He is best known for, in Apri ...
during his Second Greenland Expedition. A house was built and the site was named "Red Cliff".
Geography
MacCormick Fjord, together with
Robertson Fjord
Siorapaluup Kangerlua, also known as Robertson Fjord and Robertson Bay, is a fjord in northern Greenland. To the southwest, the fjord opens into the Murchison Sound of the Baffin Bay. GoogleEarth Administratively it belongs to the Avannaata mun ...
close to the west, is one of the two main indentations of the northern side of the
Murchison Sound. It runs in a roughly NE/SW direction east of
Cape Robertson
Cape Robertson is a cape which marks the west side of the entrance to Jessie Bay, in the north-west part of Laurie Island, in the South Orkney Islands of Antarctica.
It lies east of Route Point at the north end of Mackenzie Peninsula. On ...
, with its mouth north of
Cape Cleveland, beyond the western end of the
Inglefield Gulf
Inglefield Gulf or Inglefield Fjord ( da, Inglefield Bredning; kl, Kangerlussuaq) is a fjord in northwestern Greenland. To the west, the fjord opens into the Baffin Bay. Administratively it belongs to the Avannaata municipality.
Inglefield Gulf ...
.
is the peninsula that separates this fjord from
Bowdoin Fjord
Bowdoin Fjord is a fjord in northern Greenland. To the south the fjord opens into the Inglefield Gulf of the Baffin Bay. GoogleEarth
This fjord was named by Robert Peary after his alma mater, Bowdoin College. It was the subject of paintings by ...
to the east and MacCormick Fjord forms the peninsula's western coastline. Most of the fjord's shores are beach.
[''Prostar Sailing Directions 2005 Greenland and Iceland Enroute,'' p. 89]
The
Sun Glacier discharges from the
Greenland Ice Sheet
The Greenland ice sheet ( da, Grønlands indlandsis, kl, Sermersuaq) is a vast body of ice covering , roughly near 80% of the surface of Greenland. It is sometimes referred to as an ice cap, or under the term ''inland ice'', or its Danish equiva ...
at the head of the MacCormick Fjord and its terminus is a high wall; the smaller
Scarlet Heart Glacier has its terminus on the eastern shore of the inner fjord, about from its mouth.
T. C. Chamberlin, ''Glacial Studies in Greenland.'' The Journal of Geology Vol. 5, No. 3 (Apr. - May, 1897), pp. 229-240. Published by: The University of Chicago Press
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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
Greenland Institute of Natural Resources - Grønlands Naturinstitut
Fjords of Greenland
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