| Dickson Fjord | |
| Other Name: | Dicksons Fjord |
| Pushpin Map: | Greenland |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Greenland |
| Location: | Arctic |
| Coords: | 72.8333°N -83°W |
| Oceans: | Kempe Fjord King Oscar Fjord Davy Sound Greenland Sea |
| Countries: | Greenland |
| Length: | 35km (22miles) |
| Width: | 5km (03miles) |
| Settlements: | 0 |
Dickson Fjord (Danish: Dicksons Fjord) is a fjord in King Christian X Land, eastern Greenland.[1]
Administratively it lies in the Northeast Greenland National Park area. This fjord is part of the King Oscar Fjord system.[2]
This fjord was first surveyed in 1899 by Swedish Arctic explorer Alfred Gabriel Nathorst during the Swedish Greenland Expedition in search of survivors of S. A. Andrée's Arctic balloon expedition of 1897. Nathorst named it after Swedish politician Robert Dickson (1843–1924), one of the financial backers of the venture.[3]
In 1930 Norwegian ship Veslekari reached the head of Dickson Fjord and recorded a sounding of 568.75m (1,865.98feet), but sudden shoaling prevented the ship from anchoring.[4]
In September 2023, a megatsunami in Dickson Fjord sent seismic waves detected around the world. One seismic signal was detected from the rockslide which created the tsunami, and another very long-period signal from a week-long oscillating seiche wave between the shores of the fjord that was triggered by the tsunami.[5]
Dickson Fjord is in the northernmost area of the King Oscar Fjord system. It is the biggest branch of Kempe Fjord. Its mouth opens on the northern side at the western end of the fjord, where there is a junction of three branches, the other two being Röhss Fjord and Rhedin Fjord. It runs roughly northwestwards for about 15km (09miles) and then roughly to the WSW for 20km (10miles).[1] The Hisinger Glacier has its terminus at the fjord's head and the Fulach Glacier in the northern shore.[2]
Dickson Fjord is surrounded by high mountains and its shores are very steep. The head is located in the isthmus area of Suess Land, only about south of the head of Kjerulf Fjord. The northern shore of the fjord is part of Suess Land, and the southwestern of Gletscherland, where the highest point, about 2194m (7,198feet) high Mount Lugano (Lugano Bjerg), rises in the vicinity.[4]