Harder Fjord Explained

Harder Fjord
Other Name:Harders Fjord
Pushpin Map:Greenland
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Greenland
Location:Arctic
Coords:83.1333°N -38°W
Rivers:Dreng Glacier
Oceans:Weyprecht Fjord
Lincoln Sea
Countries:Greenland
Length:24km (15miles)
Width:3km (02miles)
Frozen:all year round
Settlements:none

Harder Fjord (Danish: Harders Fjord) is a fjord in Peary Land, far northern Greenland.[1] [2]

The Harder Ford Fault Zone (HFFZ) is a geological structural feature in North Greenland named after the fjord.[3] [4]

Geography

Harder Fjord is the innermost branch of the Weyprecht Fjord system.[5] Its southern shore forms the northern limit of Amundsen Land. To the north lies the southern end of Hazenland, Moa Island and Roosevelt Land. The fjord is roughly oriented in an east / west direction and is over 24km (15miles) in length. Cape Holger Danske is the headland to the south of the mouth of the fjord, in the inner Wild Sound area.[6]

The Dreng Glacier (Dreng Brae) has its terminus at the head of the fjord, deep inside the mainland of the Peary Land peninsula.[2]

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Notes and References

  1. [Google Maps]
  2. https://asiaq.maps.arcgis.com/apps/View/index.html?appid=c5c7d9d52a264980a24911d7d33914b5 Nunat Aqqi; Stednavne
  3. https://eng.geus.dk/media/14344/nr179_p32-44.pdf Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland Bulletin 179
  4. Web site: Crossing North Peary Land in Summer 1953. 2007-02-16. E. J. Fränkl. 29 December 2022. 2020-07-05. https://web.archive.org/web/20200705201838/http://pubs.aina.ucalgary.ca/arctic/Arctic8-3-158.pdf. dead.
  5. https://collections.dartmouth.edu/arctica-beta/html/EA14-13.html Geographical Items on North Greenland - Encyclopedia Arctica 14
  6. Sailing Directions for the East Coast of Greenland. United States Hydrographic Office, p. 267