Conger Sound
{{Short description|Fjord in Peary Land, Greenland}}
{{Infobox body of water
| name= Conger Sound
| other_name= Conger Sund
| image = Operational Navigation Chart A-5, 3rd edition.jpg
| caption = Map of Northern Ellesmere Island and far Northern Greenland
| pushpin_map = Greenland
| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Greenland
| location= Arctic
| coords= {{coord|83|25|N|39|40|W|region:GL_type:waterbody_source:GNS-enwiki|display=inline, title}}
| rivers=
| oceans= Weyprecht Fjord
Lincoln Sea
| countries= Greenland
| length={{convert|22|km|abbr=on}}
| width= {{convert|4|km|abbr=on}}
| area=
| depth=
| frozen= all year round
| settlements= none
}}
Conger Sound ({{langx|da|Conger Sund}}), also known as Conger Inlet, is a fjord in Peary Land, far northern Greenland.Google Maps[https://asiaq.maps.arcgis.com/apps/View/index.html?appid=c5c7d9d52a264980a24911d7d33914b5 Nunat Aqqi; Stednavne]
The sound was first put on the map at the time of the Lady Franklin Bay Expedition led by Adolphus Greely. It was named after U.S. Senator Omar D. Conger, a sponsor of the venture.
Geography
Conger Sound is a marine channel with a fjord structure, It is part of the Weyprecht Fjord system, extending for over {{convert|22|km|abbr=on}} in a roughly north / south direction to the east of Lockwood Island and west of Roosevelt Land.
It opens to the frozen Lincoln Sea in the north, between Cape Kane in the east and Cape Christiansen in the west. To the south it opens to the inner section of Weyprecht Fjord.[https://collections.dartmouth.edu/arctica-beta/html/EA14-13.html Geographical Items on North Greenland - Encyclopedia Arctica 14]Sailing Directions for the East Coast of Greenland. United States Hydrographic Office, p. 267
See also
References
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External links
- [https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/28269/1/Polarforsch1990_1_1.pdf North Greenland Glacier Velocities and Calf Ice Production - Polarforschung 60 (1): 1-23, 1990]
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