| Graah Fjord | |
| Other Name: | Devold Fjord, Langenæs Fjord |
| Pushpin Map: | Greenland |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Greenland |
| Location: | Arctic |
| Coords: | 63.4°N -58°W |
| Oceans: | North Atlantic Ocean |
| Countries: | Greenland |
| Length: | 20km (10miles) |
| Width: | 2km (01miles) |
| Settlements: | Finnsbu (abandoned) |
Graah Fjord, also known as Devold Fjord and Langenæs Fjord, is a fjord in King Frederick VI Coast, eastern Greenland.[1]
Administratively it is part of the Sermersooq municipality.
There are remains of ancient Inuit settlements of the southern group in Imaarsivik, a coastal island at the entrance of the fjord.[2]
The fjord was named after Arctic explorer Wilhelm August Graah of the Danish Navy, who was the first to map this area of the coast of Greenland during an 1828–31 expedition in search of the legendary Eastern Norse Settlement.[3]
Finnsbu was a Norwegian weather and radio station opened on the shore of the fjord by Finn Devold on behalf of the Arctic Trading Co. Devold had first chosen a site in Timmiarmiut Fjord when he arrived in 1932 on Ship Heimen from Tromsø, but then moved to this site to establish the station. The station was abandoned in 1933.[4]
During WWII, on 9 April 1944, a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress crashed in the fjord. Attempts by aircraft recovery expert Gary Larkins to locate the airframe have been unsuccessful.[5] [6]
To the southeast the Graah Fjord opens into the Irminger Sea of the North Atlantic Ocean. It extends about 20km (10miles) in a roughly SE/NW direction and separates two narrow peninsulas in southeastern Thorland.[7] The fjord is entered between Cape Langenaes to the south and the 300m (1,000feet) high coastal island (or peninsula) of Imaarsivik to the north. A good small harbour, named Graahs Havn, is located west of the island.[8] [9]
The fjord has a branch named Jaette Fjord on its NE shore, opening 12.5km (07.8miles) from the mouth and extending 17km (11miles) to the NNW. Finnsbu, the former Norwegian meteorological and radio station, was located on the southwestern shore of the fjord, about 11km (07miles) northwest of Cape Langenaes.[8]