Rode Fjord

Rode Fjord
Røde Fjord
Location
Location Arctic
Coordinates 70°39′N 27°56′W / 70.650°N 27.933°W / 70.650; -27.933Coordinates: 70°39′N 27°56′W / 70.650°N 27.933°W / 70.650; -27.933
Ocean/sea sources Scoresby Sound
Greenland Sea
Basin countries Greenland
Max. length 50 km (31 mi)
Max. width 11 km (6.8 mi)

Rode Fjord (Danish: Røde Fjord, meaning 'Red Fjord') is a fjord in King Christian X Land, eastern Greenland. The Rode Fjord is part of the Scoresby Sound complex[1] in the area of Sermersooq municipality.

Geography

The 5 km (3.1 mi) to 11 km (6.8 mi) wide Rode Fjord is located in the inner Scoresby Sound. At its southern end the fjord is a northerly continuation of the Fonfjord. On the western shore, near the confluence, the Rolige Brae glacier flows into the fjord and a little further south the Vestfjord branches off to the west. There is a small island in the area named Rode Island (Røde Ø).[2]

At the northern end the Rode Fjord is a southern offshoot of the Ofjord. From the confluence of the Ofjord, the Hare Fjord runs in a westerly direction and the Rype Fjord branches to the northwest while the wider Rode Fiord branches to the southwest off the western shore of Storo Island for about 50 km (31 mi). This fjord separates the larger island of Milne Land from the mainland coast in the west. The Snesund is a shorter fjord branching off in a northeasterly direction about halfway through the Rode Fjord separating Storo and Sorte Island from Milne Land.[2]

Map of NE Greenland and Iceland.
View of the mountainous shore and an ice floe in Rode Fjord.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Prostar Sailing Directions 2005 Greenland and Iceland Enroute, p. 115
  2. 1 2 "Rødefjord". Mapcarta. Retrieved 27 April 2016.
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