Dusen Fjord
{{Short description|Fjord in Greenland}}
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Dusen Fjord or Dusén Fjord is a fjord in the NE Greenland National Park area, East Greenland.
History
The fjord was named in 1899 by Swedish Arctic explorer A.G. Nathorst during the expedition he led to Greenland. It was named after Per Dusén, who surveyed the mouth of the fjord. The exploration, however, was incomplete and the fjord would only be thoroughly surveyed years later by Lauge Koch and by the NSIU (Norges Svalbard og Ishavsundersøkelser).{{cite web | title = Catalogue of place names in northern East Greenland | publisher = Geological Survey of Denmark | url = https://data.geus.dk/geusmap/?mapname=stednavnedb#baslay=baseMapGl&optlay=&extent=549832.8357720698,8582739.868248867,622444.3190166993,8680765.370629115&layers=grl_geus_north_east_higgins_map,grl_ne_higgins_placenames,grl_ne_placenames&filter_1=txt_search.part%3D%26placename%3D&filter_2=txt_search.part%3D%26placename%3D | accessdate = 16 September 2019}}
Promoted by the Arctic Trading Co., towards 1928 a number of cabins were built by the shores of this fjord, where the Norwegians had their hunting areas and fishing grounds.
Geography
The Dusen Fjord is part of the Kaiser Franz Joseph Fjord system. It cuts deep into Ymer Island, almost dividing it in two, separating Gunnar Anderson Land in the north, from the southern part of the island. The fjord runs roughly from west to east for about {{convert|60|km}}. Its mouth opens to the east just south of the entrance of Kaiser Franz Joseph Fjord, near Foster Bay.{{cite web|url=https://mapcarta.com/19193654|title=Dusén Fjord|work=Mapcarta|accessdate=20 April 2016}} Noa Lake is a small lake at the head of the fjord in the isthmus area.Prostar Sailing Directions 2005 Greenland and Iceland Enroute, p. 120
The Vinter Islands lie east of Cape Graah, on the northern side of the fjord's mouth. Cape Wijkander is the headland on the southern side of the mouth.
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See also
References
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External links
- [http://gst.dk/media/2915914/den-groenlandske-lods-sejladsanvisniner-oestgroenland.pdf Den grønlandske Lods - Sejladsanvisninger Østgrønland] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201028233135/http://gst.dk/media/2915914/den-groenlandske-lods-sejladsanvisniner-oestgroenland.pdf |date=2020-10-28 }}
- [https://www.jstor.org/stable/1775853 On the Map of King Oscar Fjord and Kaiser Franz Josef Fjord in North-Eastern Greenland]
- [https://collections.lib.uwm.edu/digital/collection/polar/id/75/ Greenland, muskoxen on Ymer Island]
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