Skaer Fjord, ( da, Skærfjorden, meaning "Reef Fjord")
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in King Frederick VIII Land
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, northeastern Greenland
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.
History
Skaerfjorden was named by the 1906-1908 Denmark expedition
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, which named it thus owing to the numerous reefs and skerries
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in it. It had also been known as ''Baie d'Orleans''.[''Catalogue of place names in northern East Greenland'', Geological Survey of Denmark (GEUS)]
There are remains of Inuit
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sites near the mouth of the fjord.
Geography
Skaer Fjord is located north of Danmarkshavn
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The location was chosen as a suitable winter harbor b ...
in the northern shore of Germanialand
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This peninsula was named by Ludvig Mylius-Erichsen, leader of the Danmark expedition, to commemorate its survey by ...
, with its mouth between Kajkap in the south and Cape Amelie in the north, southwest of Île-de-France
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's southern end. It is an irregular and broad fjord or bay with several arms extending westwards from it:[''Prostar Sailing Directions 2005 Greenland and Iceland Enroute,'' p. 127]
* Penthievre Fjord in the north with C. Silfverberg Island and Joinville Island
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on its southwestern shore and the Nordmarken peninsula in the north.Helge Backlund
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The name is derived from Proto-Norse ''Hailaga'' with its original meaning being ''dedicated to the gods''. For its Slavic version, see Oleg. Its feminine equivalent is Olga. ...
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* V. Clausen Fjord, together with the previous fjord roughly in the middle.
* C.F.Mourier Fjord, the south-westernmost arm.
All these fjords are roughly parallel, the northernmost ones running in a WNW/ESE direction. The southernmost one runs roughly from east to west for about 20 km.
* Flade Bugt is an arm of the bay located in its southern shore opening towards the north.
Bibliography
*Spencer Apollonio, ''Lands That Hold One Spellbound: A Story of East Greenland'', 2008
See also
*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 ...
References
External links
Den grønlandske Lods - GeodatastyrelsenGneiss Complex of the Skaerfjorden Region (76 degrees -78 degrees N), North-east Greenland
Fjords of Greenland
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