Nordenskiöld Bay | |
Other Name: | Nordenskiöld Fjord |
Pushpin Map: | Russia Novaya Zemlya |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location |
Location: | Far North |
Coords: | 75.4156°N 57.5°W |
Oceans: | Barents Sea |
Countries: | Russia |
Length: | 20km (10miles) |
Width: | 6km (04miles) |
Nordenskiöld Bay (Russian: Залив Норденшельда) or Nordenskiöld Fjord is a fjord on the Barents Sea coast of Severny Island in Novaya Zemlya, Russia. The fjord is named after Arctic explorer Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld.
The fjord opens to the northwest in the western coast of the island between Cape Maslennikov in the west and Cape Cherny in the north. It narrows about 10km (10miles) from its mouth, bending in a west/east direction. Three glaciers converge at the head of the fjord, discharging from the Severny Island ice cap and covering the inner fjord with ice. Mount Kruzenshtern is located near the fjord.[1]