Fleming Fjord | |
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"Fleming Inlet" | |
Location | Arctic |
Coordinates | 71°45′N22°49′W / 71.750°N 22.817°W Coordinates: 71°45′N22°49′W / 71.750°N 22.817°W |
Ocean/sea sources | Greenland Sea |
Basin countries | Greenland |
Max. length | 27 km (17 mi) |
Max. width | 9 km (5.6 mi) |
Settlements | 0 |
Fleming Fjord is a fjord in King Christian X Land, eastern Greenland. [1]
Geologically, a fjord or fiord is a long, narrow inlet with steep sides or cliffs, created by a glacier. There are many fjords on the coasts of Alaska, Antarctica, British Columbia, Chile, Greenland, the Faroe Islands, Iceland, Kamchatka, the Kerguelen Islands, New Zealand, Norway, Novaya Zemlya, Labrador, Nunavut, Newfoundland, Quebec, Scotland, South Georgia Island, and Washington state. Norway's coastline is estimated at 29,000 kilometres (18,000 mi) with nearly 1,200 fjords, but only 2,500 kilometres (1,600 mi) when fjords are excluded.
King Christian X Land is an area of northeastern Greenland.
Greenland is an autonomous country of the Kingdom of Denmark, located between the Arctic and Atlantic oceans, east of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. Though physiographically a part of the continent of North America, Greenland has been politically and culturally associated with Europe for more than a millennium. The majority of its residents are Inuit, whose ancestors began migrating from the Canadian mainland in the 13th century, gradually settling across the island.
Administratively it lies in the Sermersooq Municipality.
Sermersooq is a municipality in Greenland, formed on 1 January 2009 from five earlier, smaller municipalities. Its administrative seat is the city of Nuuk, the capital of Greenland, and it is the most populous municipality in the country, with 21,868 inhabitants as of January 2013. The municipality consists of former municipalities of eastern and southwestern Greenland, each named after the largest settlement at the time of formation:
This fjord was named "Fleming Inlet" by British explorer William Scoresby (1789 – 1857) after Scottish scholar John Fleming (1785–1857). Scoresby assumed that this fjord connected with "Hall Inlet" (Hall Bredning) to the south.
Rev Dr William Scoresby FRS FRSE DD, was an English Arctic explorer, scientist and clergyman.
Rev Prof John Fleming DD FRSE FRS FSA was a Scottish Free Church minister, naturalist, zoologist and geologist. He named and described a number of species of molluscs. During his life he tried to reconcile theology with science.
After more than a century, this fjord was finally properly explored and mapped by Danish Arctic explorer Georg Carl Amdrup during the Three-year Expedition to East Greenland (Treårsekspeditionen) (1931–1934). Although Amdrup's survey proved that it was a fjord, the name "Fleming Inlet" continued to be used on maps for many years. [2]
Vice Admiral Sir Georg Carl Amdrup, RN was a Danish naval officer, Vice Admiral and Greenland researcher.
The Three-year Expedition was an exploratory expedition to East Greenland that lasted from 1931 to 1934 financed by the Carlsberg Foundation and the Danish state. The expedition included aerial surveys.
A Small wintering station was built in 1934 on the east side of Fleming Fjord near Cape Brown at the mouth of the Vimmelskaftet Valley during the time of the Three-year Expedition to East Greenland. [3]
A Norwegian hunting hut was built in 1954 on the north side of the fjord 10 km (6.2 mi) SW of Kap Biot, at the time of Hermann Andresen’s expedition. Another one was built nearby in 1955 by Otto Lapstun, who had moved it from nearby Nathorst Fjord. [2]
Fleming Fjord is located SE of the mouth of Davy Sound, cutting into Jameson Land, extending roughly southwestwards for about 27 km (17 mi). The NW side of its mouth lies at the limit of Sermersooq Municipality, the Northeast Greenland National Park lying beyond Cape Biot. To the east lies the Wegener Peninsula and Cape Brown, beyond which lies Nathorst Fjord. [1]
On most stretches of the shore mountains rise very steeply on both sides of the fjord culminating in sharp peaks. Most years the fjord is blocked with ice even in the summer. [4]
Danmark Island is an island in Scoresby Sund. Administratively it lies in the area of Sermersooq municipality.
Jameson Land is a peninsula in eastern Greenland.
Lyell Land is a peninsula in King Christian X Land, East Greenland. It is located in the King Oscar Fjord area. Administratively it is part of the Northeast Greenland National Park zone.
The Blosseville Coast is a long stretch of coast in King Christian IX Land, eastern Greenland. Administratively it belongs to the Sermersooq Municipality.
The Scoresby Land Group is a geologic group found in the Jameson Land Basin, Scoresby Land, East Greenland. It preserves fossils dating back to the Triassic period. It comprises the Wordie Creek Formation, Pingo Dal Formation, Gipsdalen Formation and the Fleming Fjord Formation. It is underlain by Upper Permian beds of the Schuchert Dal Formation and overlain by Rhaetian beds of the Kap Stewart Group.
Renland is a peninsula in eastern Greenland. It is a part of the Sermersooq municipality. Despite its proximity to the coast Renland has an ice cap climate with bitterly cold winters and very low maximum temperatures in the summer.
Kangerlussuaq Fjord is a fjord in eastern Greenland. It is part of the Sermersooq municipality.
Scoresby Land is an area of Eastern Greenland, which lies partly in Sermersooq and partly in the Northeast Greenland National Park zone. The area is uninhabited, except for Mestersvig, a military outpost.
The Denmark expedition, also known as Denmark Expedition to Greenland's Northeast Coast, and as the Danmark Expedition after the ship, was an expedition to the northeast of Greenland in 1906–1908.
Nordvestfjord, meaning 'Northwest Fjord', is a fjord in King Christian X Land, eastern Greenland.
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