Isfjord
{{Short description|Fjord in King Christian X Land, eastern Greenland}}
{{about||the fjord in western Greenland|Ilulissat Icefjord|other meanings|Isfjorden (disambiguation){{!}}Isfjorden}}
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Isfjord, meaning 'Ice Fjord' in the Danish language, is a fjord in King Christian X Land, eastern Greenland.
The Isfjord is part of the Kaiser Franz Joseph Fjord complexProstar Sailing Directions 2005 Greenland and Iceland Enroute, p. 120 in the area of the Northeast Greenland National Park.
Geography
The Jaette Glacier in the west and the Gerard de Geer Glacier in the north flow into the head of the Isfjord. Louise Boyd Land rises at the fjord's western end between the two glaciers. This tributary fjord extends between high mountains in a northwest–southeast direction for about 50 km until its mouth in the Kaiser Franz Joseph Fjord at the southern end. To the northeast the fjord is bound by Andrée Land and to the south and southwest by Frænkel Land.{{cite web|url=http://mapcarta.com/19191668|title=Isfjord|work=Mapcarta|accessdate=25 April 2016}} The Margaretatop, highest point of Andrée Land, rises north of the shore of the mouth area of the fjord.{{cite web|url=https://mapcarta.com/N2057705822|title=Margaretatopp|work=Mapcarta|accessdate=1 October 2019}}
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See also
References
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External links
- [https://www.panoramio.com/photo/15286318 Isfjord, looking north]
- [https://www.researchgate.net/publication/235916788_Late_Quaternary_sedimentation_in_Kejser_Franz_Joseph_Fjord_and_the_continental_margin_of_East_Greenland Late Quaternary sedimentation in Kejser Franz Joseph Fjord and the continental margin of East Greenland]
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