MacCormick Fjord ( kl, Iterlassuaq) 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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History

In 1891 a spot in the southern shore near the mouth of the fjord was chosen as a place for the recovery of

Robert Peary Robert Edwin Peary Sr. (; May 6, 1856 – February 20, 1920) was an American explorer and officer in the United States Navy who made several expeditions to the Arctic in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He is best known for, in Apri ...

during his Second Greenland Expedition. A house was built and the site was named "Red Cliff".

Geography

MacCormick Fjord, together with

Robertson Fjord Siorapaluup Kangerlua, also known as Robertson Fjord and Robertson Bay, is a fjord in northern Greenland. To the southwest, the fjord opens into the Murchison Sound of the Baffin Bay.GoogleEarth Administratively it belongs to the Avannaata municip ...

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

. It runs in a roughly NE/SW direction east 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 the ...

, with its mouth north of Cape Cleveland, beyond the western end of the Inglefield Gulf. Piulip Nunaa is the peninsula that separates this fjord from

Bowdoin Fjord Bowdoin Fjord is a fjord in northern Greenland. To the south the fjord opens into the Inglefield Gulf of the Baffin Bay.GoogleEarth This fjord was named by Robert Peary after his alma mater, Bowdoin College. It was the subject of paintings by Fra ...

to the east and MacCormick Fjord forms the peninsula's western coastline. Most of the fjord's shores are beach.''Prostar Sailing Directions 2005 Greenland and Iceland Enroute,'' p. 89 The

Sun Glacier Sun Glacier ( da, Sun Gletscher; old Greenlandic spelling: ''Iterdlagssûp Qíngua''), is a glacier in northwestern Greenland. Administratively it belongs to the Avannaata municipality. This glacier was named by Robert Peary. It was the subject o ...

discharges 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 ...

at the head of the MacCormick Fjord and its terminus is a high wall; the smaller

Scarlet Heart Glacier Scarlet may refer to: * Scarlet (cloth), a type of woollen cloth common in medieval England * Scarlet (color), a bright tone of red that is slightly toward orange, named after the cloth * Scarlet (dye), the dye used to give the cloth its color * ...

has its terminus on the eastern shore of the inner fjord, about from its mouth.T. C. Chamberlin, ''Glacial Studies in Greenland.'' The Journal of Geology Vol. 5, No. 3 (Apr. - May, 1897), pp. 229-240. Published by: The University of Chicago Press
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References

External links

Greenland Institute of Natural Resources - Grønlands Naturinstitut
Fjords of Greenland {{Greenland-fjord-stub

History

Geography

See also

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