Hellefisk Fjord

Hellefisk Fjord
Hellefiskefjord
Hellefisk Fjord Location in Greenland
Location	Arctic
Coordinates	82°48′N 23°48′W / 82.800°N 23.800°W / 82.800; -23.800Coordinates: 82°48′N 23°48′W / 82.800°N 23.800°W / 82.800; -23.800
Ocean/sea sources	Wandel Sea
Basin countries	Greenland
Max. length	11 km (6.8 mi)
Max. width	1.5 km (0.93 mi)

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.

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

Geography[]

The Hellefisk Fjord opens to the NNE to the east of Wyckoff Land, southwest of Cape Clarence Wyckoff, west of which there is a small bay with an island.^[1] Its mouth is located to the southeast of the mouth of G.B. Schley Fjord.^[2]

Map of Northeastern Greenland

See also[]

• List of fjords of Greenland
• Peary Land

References[]

External links[]

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

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