Siorapaluup Kangerlua, also known as Robertson Fjord and Robertson Bay, 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 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 is t ...

. To the southwest, the fjord opens into the

Murchison Sound The Murchison Sound ( da, Murchison Sund; kl, Uummannaq) is a sound in the Avannaata municipality, NW Greenland.GoogleEarth It was named after Scottish geologist Roderick Murchison (1792 – 1871). Geography It is a broad channel that runs roug ...

of the

Baffin Bay Baffin Bay ( Inuktitut: ''Saknirutiak Imanga''; kl, Avannaata Imaa; french: Baie de Baffin), located between Baffin Island and the west coast of Greenland, is defined by the International Hydrographic Organization as a marginal sea of the Arct ...

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Administratively it belongs to the

Avannaata Avannaata (, da, Det Nordlige, lit=The Northern) is a municipality of Greenland created on 1 January 2018 from the bulk of the former Qaasuitsup municipality. It encompasses an area of 522,700 km2 and has 10,726 inhabitants. Geography In ...

municipality. The settlement of

Siorapaluk Siorapaluk (West Greenlandic) or Hiurapaluk ( Polar Inuit) is a settlement in the Qaanaaq area of the Avannaata municipality in northern Greenland. It is one of the world's northernmost inhabited settlements, the northernmost settlement inhabited ...

is located in the northern shore of the fjord.

History

In 1920 a spot in the shore of the fjord was chosen by

Lauge Koch Lauge Koch (5 July 1892 – 5 June 1964) was a Danish geologist and Arctic explorer. Biography Lauge Koch was born in 1892 to Karl and Elisabeth Koch. His development as a scientist was greatly influenced by his father's second cousin Johan Pet ...

as a base during his expedition to

Peary Land Peary Land is a peninsula in northern Greenland, extending into the Arctic Ocean. It reaches from Victoria Fjord in the west to Independence Fjord in the south and southeast, and to the Arctic Ocean in the north, with Cape Morris Jesup, the north ...

further north.Spencer Apollonio, ''Lands That Hold One Spellbound: A Story of East Greenland'', 2008 p. 141

Geography

Siorapaluup Kangerlua, together with

MacCormick Fjord MacCormick Fjord ( kl, Iterlassuaq) is a fjord in northern Greenland. To the southwest, the fjord opens into the Murchison Sound of the Baffin Bay.GoogleEarth History In 1891 a spot in the southern shore near the mouth of the fjord was chosen as ...

close to the east, is one of the two main indentations of the northern side of the

. It runs in a roughly NE/SW direction with its mouth southeast of

Cape Robertson Cape Robertson is a cape which marks the west side of the entrance to Jessie Bay, in the north-west part of Laurie Island, in the South Orkney Islands of Antarctica. It lies east of Route Point at the north end of Mackenzie Peninsula. On ...

, beyond the western end of the

Inglefield Gulf Inglefield Gulf or Inglefield Fjord ( da, Inglefield Bredning; kl, Kangerlussuaq) is a fjord in northwestern Greenland. To the west, the fjord opens into the Baffin Bay. Administratively it belongs to the Avannaata municipality. Inglefield Gulf ...

and south of the unnamed fjord where the

Morris Jesup Glacier Morris Jesup Glacier ( da, Morris Jesup Gletscher, is a glacier in northwestern Greenland. Administratively it belongs to the Avannaata municipality. This glacier was named by Robert Peary after American industrialist-philanthropist Morris K. J ...

has its terminus. The waters of the fjord are very deep. There are impressive cliffs lining the fjord's shores near its head, where the

Meehan Glacier Meehan may refer to: People * Andrew Meehan, former national director of Australians for Native Title and Reconciliation (ANTaR) * Ben Meehan (born 1993), Australian rugby union player * Brian Meehan (born 1967), Irish racehorse trainer * C. P. Me ...

and the

Verhoeff Glacier Verhoeff is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Frederick Herman Verhoeff (1874–1968), American ophthalmic surgeon who developed Verhoeff's stain * Hendrik Verhoeff (c. 1645–1680), Dutch silversmith and assassin * Jacobus Ve ...

discharge from the

Greenland Ice Sheet 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 equiva ...

. The terminus of the Verhoeff Glacier is an almost high wall of ice on the eastern side of the head of the fjord.''Prostar Sailing Directions 2005 Greenland and Iceland Enroute,'' p. 88

References

External links

Little Auk hunting in the Thule area, Greenland - Seabird harvestCoastline from Robertson fjord to Foulke Fjord - BirdLife Data ZoneLauge Koch: pioneer geo-explorer of Greenland's far north - jstor
Fjords of Greenland {{Greenland-fjord-stub

History

Geography

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