Bredefjord

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Bredefjord
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Bredefjord
Location in Greenland
Location Arctic
Coordinates 75°35′N21°45′W / 75.583°N 21.750°W / 75.583; -21.750
Ocean/sea sources Greenland Sea
Basin  countries Greenland
Max. length40 km (25 mi)
Max. width4 km (2.5 mi)

Bredefjord is a fjord in northeastern Greenland. Administratively it is part of the Northeast Greenland National Park zone.

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Tundra climate prevails in the area of the fjord, the average annual temperature in the area being -14°C . The warmest month is July when the average temperature rises to 1°C and the coldest is January with -23°C. [1]

Geography

Bredefjord is oriented in a roughly NW/SE direction and its mouth opens at the junction with the Smallefjord from the west into the Ardencaple Fjord, Hochstetter Bay, Greenland Sea. [2] The large Stormgletscher and Ejnar Mikkelsen glaciers form a confluence at its head. [3]

Norlund Land, part of Queen Margrethe II Land, lies to the north of the fjord and C. H. Ostenfeld Land to the south. [4]

Map of Northeastern Greenland. Operational Navigation Chart B-9, 1st edition.jpg
Map of Northeastern Greenland.

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References

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  2. Prostar Sailing Directions 2005 Greenland and Iceland Enroute, p. 124
  3. "Bredefjord". Mapcarta. Retrieved 8 June 2016.
  4. "Catalogue of place names in northern East Greenland". Geological Survey of Denmark. Retrieved 1 July 2016.[ permanent dead link ]