Newman Bay ( da, Newman Bugt) or Newman 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, Förden and East Jutland Fjorde, Germany, ...
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 i ...
. To the northwest, the fjord opens into the
Robeson Channel of the
Lincoln Sea
Lincoln Sea (french: Mer de Lincoln; da, Lincolnhavet) is a body of water in the Arctic Ocean, stretching from Cape Columbia, Canada, in the west to Cape Morris Jesup, Greenland, in the east. The northern limit is defined as the great circle lin ...
. It is a part of the
Northeast Greenland National Park.
There are
muskoxen
The muskox (''Ovibos moschatus'', in Latin "musky sheep-ox"), also spelled musk ox and musk-ox, plural muskoxen or musk oxen (in iu, ᐅᒥᖕᒪᒃ, umingmak; in Woods Cree: ), is a hoofed mammal of the family Bovidae. Native to the Arctic, i ...
near the shores of the fjord.
[Euphemia Vale Blake (ed.), ''Journey to the Arctic: The True Story of the Disastrous 1871 Mission to the North Pole'', p. 180]
History
The fjord was named after the Reverend Dr. Newman of Washington, D.C. in September 1871 during the
Polaris expedition by
Charles Francis Hall
Charles Francis Hall ( – November 8, 1871) was an American Arctic explorer, best known for his collection of Inuit testimony regarding the 1845 Franklin Expedition and the suspicious circumstances surrounding his death while leading th ...
. It would be the last place Hall named in Greenland, for he was taken ill shortly thereafter and died in November the same year.
Clements R. Markham
Sir Clements Robert Markham (20 July 1830 – 30 January 1916) was an English geographer, explorer and writer. He was secretary of the Royal Geographical Society (RGS) between 1863 and 1888, and later served as the Society's president for ...
, ''The Lands of Silence'', p. 300
Geography
Newman fjord is roughly SE/NW oriented and opens to the northwest. To the west lies
Hall Land
Hall Land is a peninsula in far northwestern Greenland. It is a part of the Northeast Greenland National Park. Hall Land is one of the coldest places in Greenland.
History
Hall Land was named after Charles Francis Hall, leader of the 1871 Polar ...
with the Polaris Foreland in the shore near its mouth and to the east
Nyeboe Land
Nyeboe Land ( da, Nyeboes Land) is a peninsula in far northwestern Greenland. It is a part of the Northeast Greenland National Park.
History
Nyeboe Land was named after engineer Marius Nyeboe (1867–1946), chairman of the committee of Knud Rasmu ...
, both largely
unglaciated
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areas.
Nina Bang Mountain rises to the east of the fjord and the
Haug Range
The Haug Range ( da, Hauge Bjerge) is a mountain range in far northwestern Greenland. Administratively this range is part of Avannaata municipality. The range is located in Hall Land, one of the coldest places in Greenland.
This mountain chain w ...
, with
Kayser Mountain
Kayser Mountain ( da, Kayser Bjerg) is a mountain in Hall Land, NW Greenland. Administratively it is part of the Northeast Greenland National Park. This peak was named after German geologist and paleontologist Emanuel Kayser.
Geography
Kayser ...
, to the SW of its shores.
The fjord's mouth is located close to the entrance of the Robeson Channel in the Lincoln Sea,
Arctic Ocean
The Arctic Ocean is the smallest and shallowest of the world's five major oceans. It spans an area of approximately and is known as the coldest of all the oceans. The International Hydrographic Organization (IHO) recognizes it as an ocean, a ...
;
Cape Sumner is the headland on the southwestern side and
Cape Brevoort on the northeastern.
[''Prostar Sailing Directions 2005 Greenland and Iceland Enroute,'' p. 94] There are a few small islands in the inner reaches midway between the mouth and its head.
GoogleEarth
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Several small streams empty into the fjord, as well as a
glacier
A glacier (; ) is a persistent body of dense ice that is constantly moving under its own weight. A glacier forms where the accumulation of snow exceeds its ablation over many years, often centuries. It acquires distinguishing features, such as ...
at its head which discharges from the
Greenland Ice Cap
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 equiv ...
.
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 fjo ...
References
External links
The late Quaternary history of Hall Land, northwest Greenland
Fjords of Greenland
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