Jørgen Brønlund Fjord Explained

Jørgen Brønlund Fjord
Other Name:Bronlund Fjord
Pushpin Map:Greenland
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Greenland
Location:Arctic
Coords:82.1167°N -87°W
Oceans:Independence Fjord
Wandel Sea
Countries:Greenland
Length:30km (20miles)
Width:2km (01miles)

Jørgen Brønlund Fjord or Bronlund Fjord is a fjord in southern Peary Land, northern Greenland.

It was named after polar explorer Jørgen Brønlund by the Danmark expedition.

Geography

It runs roughly from NW to SE with its mouth located at the western end of Melville Land, between Cape Harald Moltke to the east and Cape Knud Rasmussen to the west. It is about 30km (20miles) long and 1km (01miles) to 2km (01miles) wide, and opens out to Independence Fjord in the south.[1] The Børglum River has its mouth on the left side of the fjord.[2]

Brønlundhus, a former research station, is located on the west side close to the mouth of the fjord, and Kap Harald Moltke, another similar facility, on the east side. Brønlundhus was, until 1950, the northernmost radio outpost in the world.

The northern shore is the type locality of the Buen Formation.[3]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Jørgen Brønlund Fjord. Mapcarta. 29 July 2019.
  2. https://asiaq.maps.arcgis.com/apps/View/index.html?appid=c5c7d9d52a264980a24911d7d33914b5 Nunat Aqqi; Stednavne
  3. Book: Lower Cambrian trilobites from North Greenland. 9788763512411.