Hekla Sound
| Hekla Sound | |
|---|---|
| Hekla Sund | |
 | |
  Hekla Sound | |
| Location | NE Greenland |
| Coordinates | 80°12′30″N 19°0′0″W / 80.20833°N 19.00000°WCoordinates: 80°12′30″N 19°0′0″W / 80.20833°N 19.00000°W |
| Part of | Arctic Ocean |
| Ocean/sea sources | Greenland Sea |
| Basin countries | Greenland |
| Max. length | 50 km (31 mi) |
| Max. width | 12 km (7.5 mi) |
| Frozen | All year round |
| Settlements | 0 |
The Hekla Sound (Danish: Hekla Sund) is a sound in King Frederick VIII Land, Northeast Greenland. Administratively it is part of the Northeast Greenland National Park zone.[1]
History[]
The sound was named by the ill-fated 1906-1908 Denmark expedition after ship Hekla.[2]
Geography[]
The Hekla Sound branches to the NW of the Dijmphna Sound at , separating the shore of Lynn Island from the southwestern shore of Holm Land with the southern end of the Princess Caroline-Mathilde Alps to the north. Further west it bends roughly southward, with in the Greenland mainland to the west, joining again with the Dijmphna Sound.[3][4]
 Map of Northeastern Greenland |
See also[]
References[]
- ^ Google Earth
- ^ Catalogue of place names in northern East Greenland, Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland
- ^ Prostar Sailing Directions 2005 Greenland and Iceland Enroute, p. 128
- ^ "Hekla Sund". GeoHack. Retrieved 16 June 2021.
External links[]
- Properties of the waters sampled in Dijmphna Sound
- Explanatory notes to the Geological map of Greenland
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