Nordvestfjord, meaning 'Northwest Fjord', ( kl, Kangertertivarmît Kangertivat) 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
King Christian X Land
King Christian X Land ( da, Kong Christian X Land) is an area of northeastern Greenland.
History
This area was named after King Christian X of Denmark and Iceland (1870 – 1947), who rose to the throne in 1912. At the time of the Three-year E ...
, 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 ...
.
Administratively most of its length lies in the
Northeast Greenland National Park
Northeast Greenland National Park ( kl, Kalaallit Nunaanni nuna eqqissisimatitaq, da, Grønlands Nationalpark) is the world's largest national park and the 10th List of largest protected areas in the world, largest protected area (the only large ...
area, at the border of
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. This fjord is part of the
Scoresby Sound
Scoresby Sound (Danish: ''Scoresby Sund'', Greenlandic: ''Kangertittivaq'') is a large fjord system of the Greenland Sea on the eastern coast of Greenland. It has a tree-like structure, with a main body approximately
History
The Nordvestfjord fjord was named by
Carl Ryder
200px, Schooner '' Fylla'' in Copenhagen harbour
Carl Hartvig Ryder (12 September 1858 – 3 May 1923) was a Danish naval officer and Arctic explorer.
Biography
Carl Ryder was born in Copenhagen. He was the son of Frederik Valentiner Ryder (1821 ...
during his 1891–92 expedition because of its approximate northwestern direction.''Catalogue of place names in northern East Greenland''. Geological Survey of Denmark. Ryder, however, was prevented from exploring it because it was already September, new ice was forming, and a very strong wind was blowing from the interior of the fjord.
Geography
This long and very deep fjord is the northernmost arm of the Scoresby Sound.Nordvest Fjord, East Greenland /ref> It is mostly surrounded by high mountains, whose sides rise steeply from its shore. Part of its northern flank marks the southern boundary of
Nathorst Land
Nathorst Land is the land area between Van Keulenfjorden and Van Mijenfjorden on Spitsbergen, Svalbard.
The area is named after Alfred Gabriel Nathorst
Alfred Gabriel Nathorst (7 November 1850 – 20 January 1921) was a Swedish Arctic ...
and the
Stauning Alps
The Stauning Alps ( da, Stauning Alper) are a large system of mountain ranges in Scoresby Land, King Christian X Land, northeastern Greenland. Administratively the Stauning Alps are part of the Northeast Greenland National Park zone.
This mounta ...
. To the northeast the fjord is bound by
Scoresby Land
Scoresby Land is an area of Eastern Greenland, which lies partly in Sermersooq and partly in the Northeast Greenland National Park zone. The area is uninhabited, except for Mestersvig, a military outpost.
Muskoxen are found in Scoresby Land, and ...
, to the northwest by
Charcot Land
Charcot Land is a peninsula of Eastern Greenland, part of the Scoresby Sound system. It lies in the Northeast Greenland National Park zone.
The area is remote and uninhabited. It was named after French Polar explorer Jean-Baptiste Charcot (186 ...
, and to the southwest by
Hinksland
Hinksland ( da, Hinksland) is a peninsula in eastern Greenland. It is a part of the Northeast Greenland National Park.
The peninsula is named after Arthur R. Hinks, Secretary of the Royal Geographical Society, 1915–45.
Geography
Hinksland is l ...
Renland
Renland is a peninsula in eastern Greenland. It is a part of the Sermersooq municipality. Despite its proximity to the coast Renland has an ice cap climate with bitterly cold winters and very low maximum temperatures in the summer.
Renland was na ...
.
The Nordvestfjord winds its way roughly in a NW/SE direction. Its largest branch is the Flyver Fjord, which runs in a roughly west–east direction and joins the southwestern shore about midway through the fjord.
The fjord is fed by several
glacier
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s. The
Daugaard-Jensen Glacier
The Daugaard-Jensen Glacier is a large glacier located on the southeast coast of Greenland.
The glacier was first mapped in 1933 by Lauge Koch during aerial surveys made during the 1931–34 Three-year Expedition to East Greenland ''(Treårseksp ...
is at the fjord's head flowing from the southwest and producing masses of
iceberg
An iceberg is a piece of freshwater ice more than 15 m long that has broken off a glacier or an ice shelf and is floating freely in open (salt) water. Smaller chunks of floating glacially-derived ice are called "growlers" or "bergy bits". The ...
s. The mouth is located close to the mouth of
Ofjord
Ofjord ( kl, Ikaasakajik; da, Øfjord, meaning 'Island Fjord') is a fjord in King Christian X Land, eastern Greenland.
This fjord is part of the Scoresby Sound system.''Prostar Sailing Directions 2005 Greenland and Iceland Enroute'', p. 115 Admi ...
, between the
Bjorne Islands
Bjorne Islands, da, Bjørne Øer; kl, Nannut Qeqertaat) meaning 'Bear Islands', is an island group in the Scoresby Sound, NE Greenland. The islands are uninhabited.
Administratively they belong to the Sermersooq municipality. History
This isla ...
to the southwest and South Cape (Sydkap) to the northeast, beyond which lies Northeast Bay ''(Nordøstbugt)''.
Glaciers, fjords and bays
From head to mouth:
*
Daugaard-Jensen Glacier
The Daugaard-Jensen Glacier is a large glacier located on the southeast coast of Greenland.
The glacier was first mapped in 1933 by Lauge Koch during aerial surveys made during the 1931–34 Three-year Expedition to East Greenland ''(Treårseksp ...
* Fjord branch on the left bank
**
F. Graae Glacier
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F may also refer to:
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(Nord Glacier)
** "Charcot Glacier", a glacier flowing eastwards, to the southwest of F. Graae Glacier. The use of the name was discontinued because the name had been previously given to a glacier on
Milne Land
Milne Land or Milneland is a large island in eastern Greenland. It is the third largest island of Greenland, after the main island of Greenland and Disko Island. It is named after British admiral David Milne.
This island is popular among climber ...
. Tthis glacier has currently no name.
* Hammerskjøld Glacier, Leicester Bay on the right bank
* Flyver Fjord, in the area of Leeds Bay and Lancaster Bay on the right bank
*
Edvard Bay
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* Edvard Christian Danielsen (1888–1964) ...
on the right bank
* Unnamed glacier on the right bank
* North Bay ''(Nordbugten)'' on the left bank
* Unnamed glacier on the left bank
* Snyder Bay on the left bank
** Borgbjerg Glacier with Bacchus Glacier
*
Triton Glacier
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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 ...