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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 glaciers in between. Its mouth lies between
Cape J.A.D. Jensen Cape J.A.D. Jensen ( da, Kap J.A.D. Jensen) is a headland in the North Atlantic Ocean, east Greenland, Sermersooq municipality. This cape is named after J. A. D. Jensen (1849 - 1936), an officer of the Danish Navy and Arctic explorer. Geography ...
on Sokongen Island to the west and Cape Nansen to the east.''Prostar Sailing Directions 2005 Greenland and Iceland Enroute'', p. 110 Most of the fjord is filled by the Christian IV Glacier at its head.


See also

* List of fjords of Greenland


References

Fjords of Greenland {{Greenland-fjord-stub