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Hellefisk Fjord

Summary

Hellefisk Fjord (Danish: Hellefiskefjord) is a fjord in Peary Land, northern Greenland. To the northeast, the fjord opens into the Wandel Sea of the Arctic Ocean.

Hellefisk Fjord
Hellefiskefjord
Map of Northeastern Greenland
Hellefisk Fjord is located in Greenland
Hellefisk Fjord
Hellefisk Fjord
Location in Greenland
LocationArctic
Coordinates82°48′N 23°48′W / 82.800°N 23.800°W / 82.800; -23.800
Ocean/sea sourcesWandel Sea
Basin countriesGreenland
Max. length11 km (6.8 mi)
Max. width1.5 km (0.93 mi)

This fjord is named after the Greenland halibut (Danish: Hellefisk).

Geography edit

The Hellefisk Fjord opens in the NNE of Herluf Trolle Land to the east of Wyckoff Land, southwest of Cape Clarence Wyckoff, west of which there is a small bay with an island off Cape Henry Parish. Its mouth is located to the southeast of the mouth of G.B. Schley Fjord.[1] 853 metres (2,799 ft) high Mount Clarence Wyckoff rises to the east of the eastern shore of the fjord.[2]

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ GoogleEarth
  2. ^ Prostar Sailing Directions 2005 Greenland and Iceland Enroute, p. 129

External links edit

  • Greenschist facies metabasites from the Hellefiskefjord - G. B. Schley Fjord area, eastern Peary Land, North Greenland