Vestfjord

This article is about the fjord in Greenland. For other meanings, see Vestfjorden.
Vestfjord
Location
Location Arctic
Coordinates 70°30′N 28°45′W / 70.500°N 28.750°W / 70.500; -28.750Coordinates: 70°30′N 28°45′W / 70.500°N 28.750°W / 70.500; -28.750
Ocean/sea sources Scoresby Sound
Greenland Sea
Basin countries Greenland
Max. length 50 km
Max. width 6.4 km

Vestfjord, meaning 'West Fjord' in the Danish language, is a fjord in King Christian X Land, eastern Greenland. This fjord is part of the Scoresby Sound system[1] in the area of Sermersooq municipality.

Geography

Two large glacier branches flow into the head of the Vestfjord at the fjord's western end and a nunatak reaching a height of 2,468 m (8,097 ft) rises between the two glaciers. This tributary fjord extends between high mountains for about 50 km (31 mi) in a west-east direction until its mouth in the confluence of the Rode Fjord (Røde Fjord) and the Fonfjord (Fønfjord) opposite the western end of Milne Land.[2]

Geologically this fjord is part of the Vestfjord-Hinksland gneiss and schist zone crystalline complex.[3][4]

Map of NE Greenland and Iceland.

See also

References

  1. Prostar Sailing Directions 2005 Greenland and Iceland Enroute, p. 115
  2. "Vestfjord". Mapcarta. Retrieved 27 April 2016.
  3. Harold Williams ed. Geology of the Appalachian—Caledonian Orogen in Canada and Greenland, p. 898
  4. The Mineral Occurrences of Central East Greenland

External links

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