Skaer Fjord
| Skaer Fjord | |
|---|---|
| Skærfjorden | |
  Skaer Fjord Location in Greenland | |
| Location | Northeast Greenland |
| Coordinates | 77°26′N 19°11′W / 77.433°N 19.183°W |
| Ocean/sea sources | Greenland Sea |
| Basin countries | Greenland |
| Max. length | 40 km (25 mi) |
| Max. width | 30 km (19 mi) |
| References | [1] |
Skaer Fjord (Danish: Skærfjorden, meaning "Reef Fjord"),[2] is a fjord in King Frederick VIII Land, northeastern Greenland.
History[edit]
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[edit]
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]
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Bibliography[edit]
- Spencer Apollonio, Lands That Hold One Spellbound: A Story of East Greenland, 2008
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ a b GoogleEarth
- ^ Greenland Pilot; Explanations of the place names
- ^ Catalogue of place names in northern East Greenland, Geological Survey of Denmark (GEUS)
- ^ Prostar Sailing Directions 2005 Greenland and Iceland Enroute, p. 127
- ^ "Skaerfjorden". Mapcarta. Retrieved 19 May 2019.
External links[edit]
- Den grønlandske Lods - Geodatastyrelsen
- Gneiss Complex of the Skaerfjorden Region (76 degrees -78 degrees N), North-east Greenland
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