| MacCormick Fjord | |
|---|---|
| Iterlassuaq (Greenlandic) | |
  MacCormick Fjord Location in Greenland | |
| Location | Arctic |
| Coordinates | 77°40′N70°0′W / 77.667°N 70.000°W |
| Ocean/sea sources | Murchison Sound Baffin Bay |
| Basin countries | Greenland |
| Max. length | 30 km (19 mi) |
| Max. width | 8 km (5.0 mi) |
MacCormick Fjord (Greenlandic : Iterlassuaq) is a fjord in northern Greenland. To the southwest, the fjord opens into the Murchison Sound of the Baffin Bay. [1]
In 1891 a spot in the southern shore near the mouth of the fjord was chosen as a place for the recovery of Robert Peary during his Second Greenland Expedition. A house was built and the site was named "Red Cliff". [2]
MacCormick Fjord, together with Robertson Fjord close to the west, is one of the two main indentations of the northern side of the Murchison Sound. It runs in a roughly NE/SW direction east of Cape Robertson, with its mouth north of Cape Cleveland, beyond the western end of the Inglefield Gulf. [3] Piulip Nunaa is the peninsula that separates this fjord from Bowdoin Fjord to the east and MacCormick Fjord forms the peninsula's western coastline. Most of the fjord's shores are beach. [4]
The Sun Glacier discharges from the Greenland Ice Sheet at the head of the MacCormick Fjord and its terminus is a 30 m (98 ft) high wall; the smaller Scarlet Heart Glacier has its terminus on the eastern shore of the inner fjord, about 20 km (12 mi) from its mouth. [5]
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