List of fjords of Greenland
Appearance
This is a list of the most important fjords of Greenland:[1][2]
Fjords
[edit]- Alanngorsuaq Fjord
- Aleqatsiaq Fjord
- Alluitsup Kangerlua (Lichtenau Fjord)
- Ameralik Fjord
- Amerloq Fjord
- Ammassalik Fjord
- Ananap Kangertiva Kiateq
- Anaanap Kangertiva Oqqorseq (Depot Fjord)
- Anorituup Kangerlua
- Attertia
- Ardencaple Fjord
- Arfersiorfik Fjord
- Avaqqat Kangerluat
- Bernstorff Fjord
- Bessel Fjord
- Bessel Fjord, NW Greenland
- Bowdoin Fjord
- Carlsberg Fjord (Kangerterajitta Itterterilaq)
- Cass Fjord
- Danmark Fjord
- De Dodes Fjord
- Deichmann Fjord
- Dickson Fjord (branch of King Oscar Fjord notable due to the September 2023 rockslide and associated 9-day seismic event caused by a seiche megatsunami)
- Dijmphna Sound
- Eqalugaarsuit Fjord
- Fleming Fjord
- Foulk Fjord
- Frederick E. Hyde Fjord
- Graah Fjord (Akorninnarmiit Oqqummut Kangertivat)
- Grandjean Fjord
- Granville Fjord
- Grevel Fjord
- Gyldenløve Fjord (Umiiviip Kangertiva)
- Hagen Fjord
- Hartz Sound
- Hellefjord
- Igtip Kangertiva (Comanche Bay)
- Igutsaat Fjord
- Ikerasak Fjord
- Ikersuaq (Bredefjord)
- Northern Sermilik
- Qaleragdlit Imâ
- Kangerlua
- Ikersuaq, East Greenland (Ikertivaq)
- Ikertivaq (Ikersuaq)
- Ikertooq Fjord
- Ikka Fjord
- Iliartalik
- Ilulissat Icefjord[3]
- Ingolf Fjord
- Iluileq Fjord (Danell Fjord)
- Isortoq Fjord
- J. A. D. Jensen Fjord
- J. C. Jacobsen Fjord
- Johan Petersen Fjord
- Kanajoorartuut Kangerluat
- Kangaamiut Kangerluarsuat Fjord
- Kangerlikajik
- Kangerluaraq
- Kangerluarsuk Fjord
- Kangerluarsuk Tulleq
- Kangerluarsunnguaq Fjord
- Kangerluk Fjord
- Kangerluluk
- Kangerlussuaq Fjord
- Kangerlussuaq Fjord, East Greenland
- Kangerlussuaq Fjord, Kangeq
- Kangerlussuaq Icefjord
- Kangerlussuatsiaq Fjord (Evighedsfjord)
- Kangersivartikajik (Kangerdluarssikajik)
- Kangertittivatsiaq
- Karrat Fjord
- Kattertooq
- Kialernup Kangerlua
- Kivioq Fjord
- Knighton Fjord
- Kuutseq
- Lindeman Fjord
- Lindenow Fjord (Kangerlussuatsiaq)
- MacCormick Fjord
- Miki Fjord
- Mørkefjord
- Nansen Fjord
- Nanûseq Fjord (Annikitsup Kangerlua)
- Napasorsuaq Fjord (Napasorsuup Kangerlua)
- Nasaussap Saqqaa
- Nathorst Fjord
- Nattoralik
- Newman Fjord
- Nigertuluk
- Nioghalvfjerd Fjord
- Nordre Isortoq Fjord
- Nuup Kangerlua
- Nuussuup Kangia
- Paatusoq
- Perlerfiup Kangerlua
- Petermann Fjord
- Poulsen Fjord
- Quseertaliip Kangertiva
- Romer Fjord
- Ryberg Fjord
- Saqqarsuaq Fjord
- Savary Fjord
- Sehested Fjord (Uummannap Kangertiva)
- Sermilik (Sermiligaaq)
- Sherard Osborn Fjord
- Sikuijivitteq (Mogens Heinesen Fjord)
- Siorapaluup Kangerlua (Robertson Fjord)
- Southern Sermilik
- St George Fjord
- Sullua Fjord
- Tasermiut Fjord
- Torsukattak Fjord (Disko Bay)
- Tunulliarfik Fjord
- Tuttilik
- Ukkusissat Fjord
- Upernavik Icefjord
- Uummannaq Fjord
- Uunartoq Fjord
- Vahl Fjord
- Vedel Fjord
- Wolstenholme Fjord
Fjord areas
[edit]- Godthab Gulf
- Independence Fjord
- Inglefield Bredning
- Iittuarmiit (Southern Skjoldungen Fjord)
- Balder Fjord
- Halvdan Fjord
- Yrsas Fjord
- Pulaqqaviip Ikaasaa (Morkesund)
- Qimutuluittiip Kangertiva (Northern Skjoldungen Fjord)
- Kaiser Franz Joseph Fjord
- Kangerlussuaq Fjord, East
- Kangersuneq
- Kangertittivatsiaq
- King Oscar Fjord
- Peary Land[1]
- Prince Christian Sound
- Kangerluk Fjord
- Ikeq Fjord
- Akuliarutsip Imaa (Ikerasak Fjord)
- Ilua Fjord
- Torsukattak Fjord
- Utoqqarmiut Fjord (Pamialluup Kujatinngua)
- Scoresby Sound[2]
- Sermilik
- Skaer Fjord
- Timmiarmiut Fjord
Landlocked fjords
[edit]- Agnete Lake (Agnete Sø)
- Annex Lake (Annekssøen)
- Centrum Lake (Centrumsø)
- Elizabeth Sharon Lake (Elizabeth Sharon Sø)
- Romer Lake (Romer Sø)
- Seal Lake (Sælsøen)
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b In Northern Greenland, a large area made up entirely of fjords; therefore Peary Land above not a fjord but a fjord area.
- ^ a b In Northeastern Greenland, a large area made up entirely of fjords; therefore is the Scoresby Sund above not a fjord but a fjord area.
- ^ Ilulissat Icefjord is the only UNESCO World Heritage Site in Greenland.
External links
[edit]- Media related to Fjords of Greenland at Wikimedia Commons