Mørkefjord
Mørkefjord | |
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Vigfusdalfjord | |
![]() Mørkefjord on the left, Sælsøen on the right | |
Location | Northeast Greenland |
Coordinates | 76°56′55″N 20°59′21″W / 76.94861°N 20.98917°W |
Ocean/sea sources | Dove Bay, Greenland Sea |
Basin countries | Greenland |
Max. length | 30 km (19 mi) |
Max. width | 1.5 km (0.93 mi) |
References | [1] |
Mørkefjord, meaning in Danish "The dark fjord,"[2] is a fjord in King Frederick VIII Land, northeastern Greenland.
History
[edit]Mørkefjord was named by the 1906-1908 Denmark expedition, which established a second weather station at Mørkefjord, in order to compare meteorological observations data with those taken at Danmarkshavn .[3] It had also been known as Vigfusdalfjord.[4]
The 1938–1939 Mørkefjord expedition was named after it. They built their base hut and repaired their ship "Gamma" at a place by the fjord's shores.
There are remains of Inuit sites at the mouth of the fjord.[5]
Geography
[edit]This fjord is located east of Danmarkshavn in Daniel Bruun Land. There are two parallel fjords close to it, Hellefjord to the south, and Sælsøen, a lake with a fjord structure, to the north.[6] It runs from east to west for about 30 km. There is a small branch on its southern shore. Kalvenø island is located off its mouth in northern Dove Bay.[1]
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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
- ^ Spencer Apollonio, Lands That Hold One Spellbound: A Story of East Greenland, 2008, p. 118
- ^ Higgins, Anthony K. (2010-12-21). "Exploration history and place names of northern East Greenland" (PDF). Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland Bulletin. 21. Copenhagen, Denmark: Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland (GEUS): 1–368. ISSN 1604-8156. Retrieved 2019-12-01.
- ^ Spencer Apollonio, Lands That Hold One Spellbound: A Story of East Greenland, 2008, p. 258
- ^ "Mørkefjord". Mapcarta. Retrieved 20 February 2019.