| Olrik Fjord | |
| Pushpin Map: | Greenland |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Greenland |
| Location: | Arctic |
| Coords: | 77.2°N -101°W |
| Oceans: | Hvalsund Baffin Bay |
| Countries: | Greenland |
| Length: | 80km (50miles) |
| Width: | 5km (03miles) |
| Settlements: | Naajat |
Olrik Fjord (Danish: Olriks Fjord; Kalaallisut; Greenlandic: Kangerluarsussuaq) is a fjord in the Avannaata municipality, Northwestern Greenland. To the east the fjord opens into the Hvalsund, at the end of the Inglefield Gulf of the Baffin Bay.[1]
This fjord was named by Robert Peary after Christian Søren Marcus Olrik, Royal Inspector of North Greenland.[2]
Olrik Fjord runs in a roughly east–west direction with its mouth west of Kangeq, in the southern shore of the mouth of the Inglefield Gulf, where the latter becomes the Hvalsund.[3] It is a long and narrow fjord, having a shape uncommon in NW Greenland. In the area near its mouth the fjord's southern shore is fringed by up to 680m (2,230feet) high cliffs displaying multicolored strata.[4]
The Marie Glacier, an offshoot of the Leidy Glacier, discharges at the head of the Olrik Fjord, not far from the head of the Academy Fjord.[5] [6]