Dickson Fjord

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Dickson Fjord
Dicksons Fjord
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Dickson Fjord
Location in Greenland
Location Arctic
Coordinates 72°50′N26°57′W / 72.833°N 26.950°W / 72.833; -26.950
Ocean/sea sources Kempe Fjord
King Oscar Fjord
Davy Sound
Greenland Sea
Basin  countries Greenland
Max. length35 km (22 mi)
Max. width5 km (3.1 mi)
Settlements0

Dickson Fjord (Danish : Dicksons Fjord) is a fjord in King Christian X Land, eastern Greenland. [1]

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Administratively it lies in the Northeast Greenland National Park area. This fjord is part of the King Oscar Fjord system. [2]

History

This fjord was first surveyed in 1899 by Swedish Arctic explorer Alfred Gabriel Nathorst during the Swedish Greenland Expedition in search of survivors of S. A. Andrée's Arctic balloon expedition of 1897. Nathorst named it after Swedish politician Robert Dickson (1843–1924), one of the financial backers of the venture. [3]

In 1930 Norwegian ship Veslekari reached the head of Dickson Fjord and recorded a sounding of 568.75 m (1,866.0 ft), but sudden shoaling prevented the ship from anchoring. [4]

Geography

Dickson Fjord is in the northernmost area of the King Oscar Fjord system. It is the biggest branch of Kempe Fjord. Its mouth opens on the northern side at the western end of the fjord, where there is a junction of three branches, the other two being Röhss Fjord and Rhedin Fjord. It runs roughly northwestwards for about 15 km (9.3 mi) and then roughly to the WSW for 20 km (12 mi). [1] The Hisinger Glacier has its terminus at the fjord's head and the Fulach Glacier in the northern shore. [2]

Dickson Fjord is surrounded by high mountains and its shores are very steep. The head is located in the isthmus area of Suess Land, only about 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) south of the head of Kjerulf Fjord. The northern shore of the fjord is part of Suess Land, and the southwestern of Gletscherland, where the highest point, about 2,194 m (7,198 ft) high Mount Lugano (Lugano Bjerg), rises in the vicinity. [4]

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Map of Northeastern Greenland
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East Greenland Terra/MODIS satellite image

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References

  1. 1 2 "Dicksons Fjord". Mapcarta. Retrieved 5 August 2019.
  2. 1 2 Prostar Sailing Directions 2005 Greenland and Iceland Enroute, p. 119
  3. ↑ Catalogue of place names in northern East Greenland, Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland
  4. 1 2 Sailing Directions for East Greenland and Iceland, p. 117


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