Saint George Fjord is a
fjord
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in northern
Greenland
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. To the north, the fjord opens into 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 ...
. Administratively it is part of the
Northeast Greenland National Park.
Geography
It is a fairly large fjord that opens to the NNW between
Cape Bryant and
Dragon Point
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, at the northern end of
Hendrik Island
Hendrik Island is an island in far northern Greenland. Its area is 583 km2. It is part of the Northeast Greenland National Park.
The island is named after Inuit Arctic explorer Hendrik Olsen, who was a member of Knud Rasmussen's Second Th ...
becoming broader towards its head.
Saint George Fjord forms
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 ...
's eastern coastline and Hendrik Island forms part of the northern half of the facing shore, while the shore south of the
Hartz Sound that separates the island from the mainland is part of
Warming Land
Warming Land is a peninsula in far northern Greenland. Administratively it is a part of the Northeast Greenland National Park. It was named after Danish botanist and ecologist Eugen Warming (1841 – 1924).
Geography
Warming Land is located be ...
. The Hartz Sound connects the mid fjord area with neighboring
Sherard Osborn Fjord
Sherard Osborn Fjord is a fjord in northern Greenland. To the NNW, the fjord opens into the Lincoln Sea. Administratively it is part of the Northeast Greenland National Park.
This fjord was named after Royal Navy admiral and Arctic explorer She ...
to the east.
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The western shore is fringed by cliffs as far as
Cape Fulford, km from the mouth. The
Steensby Glacier at the fjord's head discharges ice 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 ...
.
[''Prostar Sailing Directions 2005 Greenland and Iceland Enroute,'' p. 94]
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
Block diagram of fjords on the North Greenland side of Lincoln Sea
Fjords of Greenland
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