Rode Fjord
{{Short description|Fjord in Greenland}}
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Rode Fjord ({{langx|da|Røde Fjord}}, meaning 'Red Fjord') is a fjord in King Christian X Land, eastern Greenland.
The Rode Fjord is part of the Scoresby Sound complexProstar Sailing Directions 2005 Greenland and Iceland Enroute, p. 115 in the area of Sermersooq municipality.
Geography
The {{convert|5|km|abbr=on}} to {{convert|11|km|abbr=on}} wide Rode Fjord is located in the inner Scoresby Sound. At its southern end the fjord is a northerly continuation of the Fonfjord. On the western shore, near the confluence, the Rolige Brae glacier flows into the fjord and a little further south the Vestfjord branches off to the west. There is a small island in the area named Rode Island (Røde Ø).
At the northern end the Rode Fjord is a southern offshoot of the Ofjord. From the confluence of the Ofjord, the Hare Fjord runs in a westerly direction and the Rype Fjord branches to the northwest while the wider Rode Fiord branches to the southwest off the western shore of Storo Island for about {{convert|50|km|abbr=on}}. This fjord separates the larger island of Milne Land from the mainland coast in the west. The Snesund is a shorter fjord branching off in a northeasterly direction about halfway through the Rode Fjord separating Storo and Sorte Island from Milne Land.{{cite web|url=http://mapcarta.com/19186240|title=Rødefjord|work=Mapcarta|accessdate=27 April 2016}}
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See also
References
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External links
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- [http://www.cpom.org/research/jad-mg.pdf Holocene glacimarine sedimentation, inner Scoresby Sund]
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