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Nansen Fjord

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Location
  
Arctic

Basin countries
  
Greenland

Ocean/sea source
  
Denmark Strait

Ocean/sea sources
  
Denmark Strait

Max width
  
12,000 m

Nansen Fjord

Nansen Fjord is a fjord in eastern Greenland. It is part of the Sermersooq municipality.

Geography

This fjord lies in an indented area of the eastern Greenland coast where there is a succession of rocky headlands with active glaciers in between. Its mouth lies between Cape J.A.D. Jensen on Sokongen Island to the west and Cape Nansen to the east. Most of the fjord is filled by the Christian IV Glacier at its head.

References

Nansen Fjord Wikipedia