Siorapaluup Kangerlua

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Siorapaluup Kangerlua
Robertson Fjord
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View of the northern shore of the fjord with the houses of Siorapaluk.
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Siorapaluup Kangerlua
Location in Greenland
Location Arctic
Coordinates 77°44′N70°44′W / 77.733°N 70.733°W / 77.733; -70.733 Coordinates: 77°44′N70°44′W / 77.733°N 70.733°W / 77.733; -70.733
Ocean/sea sources Murchison Sound
Baffin Bay
Basin  countries Greenland
Max. length32 km (20 mi)
Max. width9 km (5.6 mi)

Siorapaluup Kangerlua, also known as Robertson Fjord and Robertson Bay, is a fjord in northern Greenland. To the southwest, the fjord opens into the Murchison Sound of the Baffin Bay. [1] Administratively it belongs to the Avannaata municipality.

Contents

The settlement of Siorapaluk is located in the northern shore of the fjord.

History

In 1920 a spot in the shore of the fjord was chosen by Lauge Koch as a base during his expedition to Peary Land further north. [2]

Geography

Siorapaluup Kangerlua, together with MacCormick Fjord close to the east, is one of the two main indentations of the northern side of the Murchison Sound. It runs in a roughly NE/SW direction with its mouth southeast of Cape Robertson, beyond the western end of the Inglefield Gulf. [3]

The waters of the fjord are very deep. There are impressive cliffs lining the fjord's shores near its head, where the Meehan Glacier and the Verhoeff Glacier discharge from the Greenland Ice Sheet. The terminus of the Verhoeff Glacier is an almost 30 m (98 ft) high wall of ice on the eastern side of the head of the fjord. [4]

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Map of Northwestern Greenland
19th century map of the Inglefield Gulf. Northward over the great ice - a narrative of life and work along the shores and upon the interior ice-cap of northern Greenland in the years 1886 and 1891-1897, with a description of the little tribe (14779963574).jpg
19th century map of the Inglefield Gulf.

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References

  1. ↑ GoogleEarth
  2. ↑ Spencer Apollonio, Lands That Hold One Spellbound: A Story of East Greenland, 2008 p. 141
  3. ↑ "Robertson Fjord". Mapcarta. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
  4. ↑ Prostar Sailing Directions 2005 Greenland and Iceland Enroute, p. 88


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