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Isfjord

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Location
  
Arctic

Max. length
  
50 km (31 mi)

Ocean/sea source
  
Greenland Sea

Basin countries
  
Greenland

Max. width
  
6 km (3.7 mi)

Isfjord

Ocean/sea sources
  
Kaiser Franz Joseph Fjord Greenland Sea

Isfjord vikingpath


Isfjord, meaning 'Ice Fjord' in the Danish language, is a fjord in King Christian X Land, eastern Greenland. The Isfjord is part of the Kaiser Franz Joseph Fjord complex in the area of the Northeast Greenland National Park.

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Isfjord radio


Geography

The Jaette Glacier in the west and the Gerard de Geer Glacier in the north flow into the head of the Isfjord. Louise Boyd Land rises at the fjord's western end between the two glaciers. This tributary fjord extends between high mountains in a northwest-southeast direction for about 50 km until its mouth in the Kaiser Franz Joseph Fjord at the southern end. To the northeast the fjord is bound by Andrée Land and to the south and southwest by Frænkel Land.

References

Isfjord Wikipedia