Rype Fjord

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Rype Fjord
Aqissip Kangertiva (Greenlandic)
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View of ice floes and the craggy shore in Rype Fjord.
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Rype Fjord
Location in Greenland
Location Arctic
Coordinates 71°1′N27°44′W / 71.017°N 27.733°W / 71.017; -27.733
Ocean/sea sources Scoresby Sound
Greenland Sea
Basin  countries Greenland
Max. length30 km (19 mi)
Max. width5 km (3.1 mi)

Rype Fjord (Greenlandic : Aqissip Kangertiva; Danish : Rypefjord, meaning 'Grouse Fjord') is a fjord in King Christian X Land, eastern Greenland. This fjord is part of the Scoresby Sound system [1] in the area of Sermersooq municipality.

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Geography

The 2.5 km (1.6 mi) to 5 km (3.1 mi) wide and roughly 30 km (19 mi) long Rype Fjord is located in the inner Scoresby Sound.

This fjord is an offshoot of the Ofjord (Øfjord). At the confluence the Rype Fjord branches to the northwest off the northern shore of the Ofjord, while the Hare Fjord runs in a westerly direction and the Rode Fjord branches towards the south. The Eielson Glacier is at the fjord's head flowing from the west. [2] The glacier tongue is about 25 kilometers NW of the mouth of the fjord. [3]

The fjord is only 2.9 km wide at the mouth, becoming broader towards the north until reaching a width of over 5 km. To the northeast the fjord is bound by Renland and to the west by Grabenland where there is a summit reaching a height of 1,877.5 m (6,160 ft) above the glacier. [3]

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Map of NE Greenland and Iceland.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Prostar Sailing Directions 2005 Greenland and Iceland Enroute, p. 115
  2. ↑ Eielson Glacier
  3. 1 2 "Rypenaes". Mapcarta. Retrieved 27 April 2016.


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