Wolstenholme Fjord

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Wolstenholme Fjord
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Wolstenholme Fjord
Location in Greenland
Location Arctic
Coordinates 76°37′55″N68°38′15″W / 76.63194°N 68.63750°W / 76.63194; -68.63750 Coordinates: 76°37′55″N68°38′15″W / 76.63194°N 68.63750°W / 76.63194; -68.63750
Native nameUummannap Kangerlua  (Greenlandic)
Ocean/sea sources Baffin Bay
Basin  countries Greenland

Wolstenholme Fjord (Greenlandic : Uummannap Kangerlua) [1] is a fjord in Avannaata municipality, Northwest Greenland. It is located to the north of the Thule Air Base and adjacent to the abandoned Inuit settlement of Narsaarsuk.

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The area was contaminated in 1968 with plutonium and other radioactive elements following a B-52 bomber crash. [2]

Geography

Wolstenholme Fjord is located in the stretch of coast between Cape York and Cape Alexander. Together with the Inglefield Gulf it is one of the two main indentations in the area. [3]

Saunders Island, Wolstenholme Island and the Bylot Sound lie at the mouth of the Fjord in North Star Bay. Further to the west on the northern shore lies the Granville Fjord.

The fjord's waters are fed by four large glaciers: the Salisbury Glacier, the Chamberlin Glacier, the Knud Rasmussen Glacier, and the Harald Moltke Glacier.

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Map of Northwestern Greenland

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References

  1. "Wolstenholme Fjord". Mapcarta. Retrieved 9 May 2019.
  2. Aarkrog, Asker (January 1970). "Radio-Ecological Investigations". USAF Nuclear Safety. Danish Atomic Energy Commission.
  3. Prostar Sailing Directions 2005 Greenland and Iceland Enroute, p. 77