Bessel Fjord, NW Greenland

Bessel Fjord
Bessel Fjord
Bessels Fjord
	Bessel Fjord Location
Location	Arctic
Coordinates	80°55′N63°5′W / 80.917°N 63.083°W
Ocean/sea sources	Kennedy Channel ; Nares Strait
Basin countries	Greenland
Max. length	60 km (37 mi)
Max. width	3.5 km (2.2 mi)
Frozen	Most of the year
Settlements	Uninhabited

Last updated September 02, 2024

Bessel Fjord (Danish : Bessels Fjord) is a fjord in northwestern Greenland.^[1] Administratively it belongs to the Avannaata municipality.

Geography

Bessel Fjord stretches roughly from north to south for about 60 km. It is a long and narrow fjord lined with high mountains rising steeply from the shore. Hannah Island, a small island, lies in the area of its mouth by the Kennedy Channel, Cape Bryan is on the western side of the mouth and Cape Maynard on the northeastern.^[3]

This fjord is located northeast of Washington Land, at the northern end of Daugaard-Jensen Land. The Petermann Peninsula forms its eastern shore. There are large ice caps on both landmasses flanking the fjord.^[1]

Bibliography

H.P. Trettin (ed.), Geology of the Innuitian Orogen and Arctic Platform of Canada and Greenland. Geological Survey of Canada (1991) ISBN 978-0660131313

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References

1 2 "Bessel Fjord". Mapcarta. Retrieved 7 March 2019.
↑ Rasmussen, Knud, Greenland by the Polar Sea; the story of the Thule expedition from Melville bay to Cape Morris Jesup.
↑ Prostar Sailing Directions 2005 Greenland and Iceland Enroute, p. 93

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[mapcarta-1] 1 2 "Bessel Fjord". Mapcarta. Retrieved 7 March 2019.

[2] Rasmussen, Knud, Greenland by the Polar Sea; the story of the Thule expedition from Melville bay to Cape Morris Jesup.

[prostar-3] Prostar Sailing Directions 2005 Greenland and Iceland Enroute, p. 93

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