Hellefisk Fjord
82°48′N 23°48′W / 82.800°N 23.800°W / 82.800; -23.800Ocean/sea sources Wandel Sea Basin countries Greenland Max. length 11 km (6.8 mi) Max. width 1.5 km (0.93 mi)
Hellefisk Fjord (Danish: Hellefiskefjord) is a fjord in Peary Land, northern Greenland. To the northeast, the fjord opens into the Wandel Sea of the Arctic Ocean.
This fjord is named after the Greenland halibut (Danish: Hellefisk).
Geography
The Hellefisk Fjord opens in the NNE of Herluf Trolle Land to the east of Wyckoff Land, southwest of Cape Clarence Wyckoff, west of which there is a small bay with an island off Cape Henry Parish. Its mouth is located to the southeast of the mouth of G.B. Schley Fjord.[1] 853 metres (2,799 ft) high Mount Clarence Wyckoff rises to the east of the eastern shore of the fjord.[2]
See also
- List of fjords of Greenland
- Peary Land
References
External links
- Greenschist facies metabasites from the Hellefiskefjord - G. B. Schley Fjord area, eastern Peary Land, North Greenland
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