Olrik Fjord
| Olrik Fjord | |
|---|---|
  Olrik Fjord Location in Greenland | |
| Location | Arctic |
| Coordinates | 77°12′N 67°34′W / 77.200°N 67.567°WCoordinates: 77°12′N 67°34′W / 77.200°N 67.567°W |
| Native name | Error: {{native name}}: an IETF language tag as parameter {{{1}}} is required (help) |
| 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]
Geography[]
Olrik Fjord runs in a roughly east–west direction with its mouth west of , 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 , 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]
 Map of Northwestern Greenland |
 19th century map of the Inglefield Gulf. |
Bibliography[]
- Daniel D. Roby, Henning Thing and Karen L. Brink, History, Status, and Taxonomic Identity of Caribou (Rangifer tarandus) in Northwest Greenland. Arctic Vol. 37, No. 1 (Mar., 1984), pp. 23-30
- Geology of Greenland Survey Bulletin 174, 1997, p. 120 - GEUS
See also[]
References[]
- ^ GoogleEarth
- ^ Robert Neff Keely, Gwilym George Davis, In Arctic Seas: the Voyage of the Kite with the Peary Expedition, 2011 p. 373
- ^ "Olrik Fjord". Mapcarta. Retrieved 24 April 2019.
- ^ Prostar Sailing Directions 2005 Greenland and Iceland Enroute, p. 88
- ^ Greenland’s Leidy Glacier; NASA Earth Observatory
- ^ The recent regimen of the ice cap margin in North Greenland
External links[]
- Arctic desert, Olrik Fjord, Northern Greenland
- Some examples of dated musk-ox Ovibos moschatus finds from the Olrik Fjord area in the Thule region
- Fjords of Greenland
- Greenland fjord stubs