Mørkefjord

Mørkefjord, meaning in Danish "The dark fjord,"[2] is a fjord in King Frederick VIII Land, northeastern Greenland.

Mørkefjord
Vigfusdalfjord
Mørkefjord on the left, Sælsøen on the right
Mørkefjord
Location in Greenland
LocationNortheast Greenland
Coordinates76°56′55″N 20°59′21″W
Ocean/sea sourcesDove Bay, Greenland Sea
Basin countriesGreenland
Max. length30 km (19 mi)
Max. width1.5 km (0.93 mi)
References[1]

History

Mørkefjord was named by the 1906-1908 Denmark expedition, which established a second weather station at Mørkefjord, in order to compare meteorological observations data with those taken at Danmarkshavn .[3] It had also been known as Vigfusdalfjord.[4]

The 1938–1939 Mørkefjord expedition was named after it. They built their base hut and repaired their ship "Gamma" at a place by the fjord's shores.

There are remains of Inuit sites at the mouth of the fjord.[5]

Geography

This fjord is located east of Danmarkshavn in Daniel Bruun Land. There are two parallel fjords close to it, Hellefjord to the south, and Sælsøen, a lake with a fjord structure, to the north.[6] It runs from east to west for about 30 km. There is a small branch on its southern shore. Kalvenø island is located off its mouth in northern Dove Bay.[1]

Map of Northeastern Greenland.

Bibliography
  • Spencer Apollonio, Lands That Hold One Spellbound: A Story of East Greenland, 2008

See also

References
  1. GoogleEarth
  2. Greenland Pilot; Explanations of the place names
  3. Spencer Apollonio, Lands That Hold One Spellbound: A Story of East Greenland, 2008, p. 118
  4. Higgins, Anthony K. (2010-12-21). "Exploration history and place names of northern East Greenland" (PDF). Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland Bulletin. Copenhagen, Denmark: Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland (GEUS). 21: 1–368. ISSN 1604-8156. Retrieved 2019-12-01.
  5. Spencer Apollonio, Lands That Hold One Spellbound: A Story of East Greenland, 2008, p. 258
  6. "Mørkefjord". Mapcarta. Retrieved 20 February 2019.
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