G.B. Schley Fjord
{{Short description|Fjord in Greenland}}
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G.B. Schley Fjord is a fjord in Peary Land, northern Greenland. To the east, the fjord opens into the Wandel Sea of the Arctic Ocean.
The fjord was named by Robert Peary after G.B. Schley, one of the founding members of the Peary Arctic Club in New York.[http://lanaii-thefamilyhistorian.blogspot.com/2014/08/how-did-frederick-e-hyde-fjord-get-its.html?m=1 How Did Frederick E. Hyde Fjord Get Its Name?]
Geography
The fjord opens to the northeast to the west of Wyckoff Land between Cape Isak Glückstadt to the NW and Cape Clarence Wyckoff to the east. It marks the northern limit of Herluf Trolle Land.[https://collections.dartmouth.edu/arctica-beta/html/EA14-13.html Geographical Items on North Greenland - Encyclopedia Arctica 14]{{cite web|url=https://mapcarta.com/19194236|title=G. B. Schley Fjord|work=Mapcarta|accessdate=20 February 2019}} Hans Egede Land extends to the west of the western shore of the fjord. The mouth is located to the southeast of the mouth of Frederick E. Hyde Fjord and northwest of Hellefisk Fjord.GoogleEarth
The Spøttrup Elv river discharges its waters at the head of the fjord. Ormen is a fjord branch on the middle stretch of the western shore of G.B. Schley Fjord.[https://asiaq.maps.arcgis.com/apps/View/index.html?appid=c5c7d9d52a264980a24911d7d33914b5 Nunat Aqqi; Stednavne]
See also
References
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External links
- [http://www.marineregions.org/gazetteer.php?p=details&id=48725 Marine Regions · G. B. Schley Fjord]
- [https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-11/du-uah111512.php USA's ancient hurricane belt and the US-Canada equator]
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