Olrik Fjord | |
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Kangerluarsussuaq ( Greenlandic) | |
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Location in
Greenland | |
Location | Arctic |
Coordinates | 77°12′N 67°34′W / 77.200°N 67.567°W |
Ocean/sea sources |
Hvalsund Baffin Bay |
Basin countries | Greenland |
Max. length | 80 km (50 mi) |
Max. width | 5 km (3.1 mi) |
Settlements | Naajat |
Olrik Fjord ( Danish: Olriks Fjord; Greenlandic: Kangerluarsussuaq) is a fjord in the Avannaata municipality, Northwestern Greenland. To the east the fjord opens into the Hvalsund, at the end of the Inglefield Gulf of the Baffin Bay. [1]
This fjord was named by Robert Peary after Christian Søren Marcus Olrik, Royal Inspector of North Greenland. [2]
Olrik Fjord runs in a roughly east–west direction with its mouth west of Kangeq, in the southern shore of the mouth of the Inglefield Gulf, where the latter becomes the Hvalsund. [3] It is a long and narrow fjord, having a shape uncommon in NW Greenland. In the area near its mouth the fjord's southern shore is fringed by up to 680 m (2,230 ft) high cliffs displaying multicolored strata. [4]
The Marie Glacier, an offshoot of the Leidy Glacier, discharges at the head of the Olrik Fjord, not far from the head of the Academy Fjord. [5] [6]
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Olrik Fjord | |
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Kangerluarsussuaq ( Greenlandic) | |
![]() Map of Northwestern Greenland | |
Location in
Greenland | |
Location | Arctic |
Coordinates | 77°12′N 67°34′W / 77.200°N 67.567°W |
Ocean/sea sources |
Hvalsund Baffin Bay |
Basin countries | Greenland |
Max. length | 80 km (50 mi) |
Max. width | 5 km (3.1 mi) |
Settlements | Naajat |
Olrik Fjord ( Danish: Olriks Fjord; Greenlandic: Kangerluarsussuaq) is a fjord in the Avannaata municipality, Northwestern Greenland. To the east the fjord opens into the Hvalsund, at the end of the Inglefield Gulf of the Baffin Bay. [1]
This fjord was named by Robert Peary after Christian Søren Marcus Olrik, Royal Inspector of North Greenland. [2]
Olrik Fjord runs in a roughly east–west direction with its mouth west of Kangeq, in the southern shore of the mouth of the Inglefield Gulf, where the latter becomes the Hvalsund. [3] It is a long and narrow fjord, having a shape uncommon in NW Greenland. In the area near its mouth the fjord's southern shore is fringed by up to 680 m (2,230 ft) high cliffs displaying multicolored strata. [4]
The Marie Glacier, an offshoot of the Leidy Glacier, discharges at the head of the Olrik Fjord, not far from the head of the Academy Fjord. [5] [6]
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