Geologfjord
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Geologfjord is a fjord in King Christian X Land, East Greenland. Administratively it belongs to the Northeast Greenland National Park.
History
The fjord was named in 1899 by Swedish Arctic explorer and geologist A.G. Nathorst during the expedition he led to Greenland in search of survivors of S. A. Andrée's Arctic balloon expedition of 1897. The name was chosen owing to the spectacularly colored strata and rock formations in the shores of the fjord.{{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 = 26 July 2019}}
Geography
The Geologfjord is part of the Kaiser Franz Joseph Fjord complex.Prostar Sailing Directions 2005 Greenland and Iceland Enroute, p. 120
It is a narrow and winding fjord located between mountains rising up to {{convert|2100|m}} on both sides, with cliffs displaying beautifully colored strata. It runs roughly in a NW /SE direction with Andrée Land to the west and Strindberg Land to the east. The Nunatak Glacier has its terminus at its head. The smaller Endeløs and Dukke Glacier flow into the fjord from the west.
Bjorne Island, a rocky islet, rises close to the mouth of the fjord, north of Cape Weber, the easternmost end of Andrée Land.{{cite web|url=https://mapcarta.com/19193086|title=Geologfjord|work=Mapcarta|accessdate=20 April 2016}} To the south the fjord opens into the northern shore of the Kaiser Franz Joseph Fjord and Cape Ovibos is the headland at the eastern side of the entrance.
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See also
Bibliography
- Spencer Apollonio, Lands That Hold One Spellbound: A Story of East Greenland, 2008
References
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External links
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- [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.academia.edu/12105897/Glacitectonic_deformations_in_East_Greenland Glacitectonic deformations in East Greenland]
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