MacCormick Fjord (Greenlandic: Iterlassuaq) is a fjord in northern Greenland. To the southwest, the fjord opens into the Murchison Sound of the Baffin Bay.[1]

MacCormick Fjord
Iterlassuaq (Greenlandic)
MacCormick Fjord is located in Greenland
MacCormick Fjord
MacCormick Fjord
Location in Greenland
LocationArctic
Coordinates77°40′N 70°0′W / 77.667°N 70.000°W / 77.667; -70.000
Ocean/sea sourcesMurchison Sound
Baffin Bay
Basin countriesGreenland
Max. length30 km (19 mi)
Max. width8 km (5.0 mi)

History

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In 1891 a spot in the southern shore near the mouth of the fjord was chosen as a place for the recovery of Robert Peary during his Second Greenland Expedition. A house was built and the site was named "Red Cliff".[2]

Geography

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MacCormick Fjord, together with Robertson Fjord close to the west, is one of the two main indentations of the northern side of the Murchison Sound. It runs in a roughly NE/SW direction east of Cape Robertson, with its mouth north of Cape Cleveland, beyond the western end of the Inglefield Gulf.[3] Piulip Nunaa is the peninsula that separates this fjord from Bowdoin Fjord to the east and MacCormick Fjord forms the peninsula's western coastline. Most of the fjord's shores are beach.[4]

The Sun Glacier discharges from the Greenland Ice Sheet at the head of the MacCormick Fjord and its terminus is a 30 m (98 ft) high wall; the smaller Scarlet Heart Glacier has its terminus on the eastern shore of the inner fjord, about 20 km (12 mi) from its mouth.[5]

 
Map of Northwestern Greenland
 
19th century map of the Inglefield Gulf.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ GoogleEarth
  2. ^ Red Cliff House
  3. ^ "MacCormick Fjord". Mapcarta. Retrieved 14 April 2019.
  4. ^ Prostar Sailing Directions 2005 Greenland and Iceland Enroute, p. 89
  5. ^ T. C. Chamberlin, Glacial Studies in Greenland. The Journal of Geology Vol. 5, No. 3 (Apr. - May, 1897), pp. 229-240. Published by: The University of Chicago Press
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