The Hekla Sound (Danish: Hekla Sund) is a sound in King Frederick VIII Land, Northeast Greenland. Administratively it is part of the Northeast Greenland National Park zone.[1]

Hekla Sound
Hekla Sund
Hekla Sound is located in Greenland
Hekla Sound
Hekla Sound
LocationNE Greenland
Coordinates80°12′30″N 19°0′0″W / 80.20833°N 19.00000°W / 80.20833; -19.00000
Part ofArctic Ocean
Ocean/sea sourcesGreenland Sea
Basin countriesGreenland
Max. length50 km (31 mi)
Max. width12 km (7.5 mi)
FrozenAll year round
Settlements0

History

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The sound was named by the ill-fated 1906-1908 Denmark expedition after ship Hekla.[2]

Geography

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The Hekla Sound branches to the NW of the Dijmphna Sound at Cape Marie Dijmphna, separating the shore of Lynn Island from the southwestern shore of Holm Land with the southern end of the Princess Caroline-Mathilde Alps to the north. Further west it bends roughly southward, with Skallingen in the Greenland mainland to the west, joining again with the Dijmphna Sound.[3][4]

 
Map of Northeastern Greenland

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Google Earth
  2. ^ Catalogue of place names in northern East Greenland, Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland
  3. ^ Prostar Sailing Directions 2005 Greenland and Iceland Enroute, p. 128
  4. ^ "Hekla Sund". GeoHack. Retrieved 16 June 2021.
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