Segelsällskapet Fjord () is a

fjord In physical geography, a fjord (also spelled fiord in New Zealand English; ) is a long, narrow sea inlet with steep sides or cliffs, created by a glacier. Fjords exist on the coasts of Antarctica, the Arctic, and surrounding landmasses of the n ...

King Christian X Land King Christian X Land (; ) is an area of northeastern Greenland. History This area was named after King Christian X of Denmark and Iceland (). At the time of the Three-year Expedition to East Greenland, it is reported that, when Lauge Koch w ...

, eastern

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. Administratively it lies in the

Northeast Greenland National Park Northeast Greenland National Park (, ) is the world's largest national park and the 10th largest protected area (the only larger protected areas consist mostly of sea). Established in 1974, the Northeast Greenland national park expanded to its p ...

area. This fjord is part of the

King Oscar Fjord King Oscar Fjord (; ) is a fjord in East Greenland, marking the northern border of the Scoresby Land Peninsula. It was named by A.G. Nathorst on his 1899 expedition as ''Konung Oscars Fjord'' for Oscar II, King of Sweden from 1872 to 1907 and ...

system.''Prostar Sailing Directions 2005 Greenland and Iceland Enroute'', p. 118

History

This fjord was named by Swedish

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Alfred Gabriel Nathorst Alfred Gabriel Nathorst (7 November 1850 – 20 January 1921) was a Swedish Arctic explorer, geologist, and palaeobotanist. He travelled to Spitzbergen, Svalbard and Greenland where he took an interest in the Arctic floras from the Paleozoic ...

after the ''Kungliga Svenska Segelsällskapet'', the

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during the Swedish Greenland Expedition in search of survivors of

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.''Catalogue of place names in northern East Greenland'', Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland In 1899, while first exploring King Oscar Fjord, Nathorst wanted to reach the sea through

Davy Sound The Davy Sound () is a sound in King Christian X Land, Northeast Greenland. Administratively it is part of the Northeast Greenland National Park zone. History The sound was named and put on the map by William Scoresby (1789 – 1857) in 1822 in h ...

, which had been put on the map by

William Scoresby William Scoresby (5 October 178921 March 1857) was an English whaler, Arctic explorer, scientist and clergyman. Early years Scoresby was born in the village of Cropton near Pickering south-west of Whitby in Yorkshire. His father, Willia ...

in 1822, but the sound was blocked by ice. While travelling back north he found and mapped both this fjord branch, as well as the Kempe Fjord further north.Spencer Apollonio, ''Lands That Hold One Spellbound: A Story of East Greenland,'' 2008

Geography

This fjord is one of the western branches of the King Oscar Fjord. Its mouth opens between Cape Petersons and Cape Lagerberg in an area of small islands. It extends roughly southwestwards for until Cape Maeche, the NE point 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 e ...

, from where the Alpefjord branches southwards for , and the Forsblad Fjord continues roughly westwards for . The fjord is mostly surrounded by high mountains rising steeply from its shore to heights of over . Part of its northern flank marks the southern boundary of Lyell Land and the eastern shore of Alpefjord the western limit of the

Stauning Alps The Stauning Alps () 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 mountainous area was n ...

and Scoresby Land. The Sedgwick Glacier, the Linné Glacier and the Skjoldunge GlacierSkjoldunge Glacier - Greenland
/ref> have their terminus in the fjord.

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Tourists studying alternating layers of limestone and dolomite in Segelsällskapet Fjord
Fjords of Greenland {{Greenland-geo-stub

History

Geography

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