Skaer Fjord
Skærfjorden
Skaer Fjord is located in Greenland
Skaer Fjord
Skaer Fjord
Location in Greenland
LocationNortheast Greenland
Coordinates77°26′N 19°11′W / 77.433°N 19.183°W / 77.433; -19.183
Ocean/sea sourcesGreenland Sea
Basin countriesGreenland
Max. length40 km (25 mi)
Max. width30 km (19 mi)
References[1]

Skaer Fjord (Danish: Skærfjorden, meaning "Reef Fjord"),[2] is a fjord in King Frederick VIII Land, northeastern Greenland.

History

Skaerfjorden was named by the 1906-1908 Denmark expedition, which named it thus owing to the numerous reefs and skerries in it. It had also been known as Baie d'Orleans.[3]

There are remains of Inuit sites near the mouth of the fjord.

Geography

Skaer Fjord is located north of Danmarkshavn in the northern shore of Germanialand, with its mouth between Kajkap in the south and Cape Amelie in the north, southwest of Île-de-France's southern end. It is an irregular and broad fjord or bay with several arms extending westwards from it:[4]

  • Penthievre Fjord in the north with C. Silfverberg Island and Joinville Island on its southwestern shore and the Nordmarken peninsula in the north.[1]
  • Agsut Sound, off the southern shore of the islands.
  • H.G. Backlundfjord, south of Agsut Sound; named after Swedish geologist Helge Backlund.
  • 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.[5]
Map of Northeastern Greenland section.

Bibliography

  • Spencer Apollonio, Lands That Hold One Spellbound: A Story of East Greenland, 2008

See also

References

  1. 1 2 GoogleEarth
  2. ↑ Greenland Pilot; Explanations of the place names
  3. ↑ Catalogue of place names in northern East Greenland, Geological Survey of Denmark (GEUS)
  4. ↑ Prostar Sailing Directions 2005 Greenland and Iceland Enroute, p. 127
  5. ↑ "Skaerfjorden". Mapcarta. Retrieved 19 May 2019.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.