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Hellefisk Fjord

Coordinates: 82°48′N 23°48′W / 82.800°N 23.800°W / 82.800; -23.800
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Hellefisk Fjord
Hellefiskefjord
Map of Northeastern Greenland
Hellefisk Fjord is located in Greenland
Hellefisk Fjord
Hellefisk Fjord
Location in Greenland
LocationArctic
Coordinates82°48′N 23°48′W / 82.800°N 23.800°W / 82.800; -23.800
Ocean/sea sourcesWandel Sea
Basin countriesGreenland
Max. length11 km (6.8 mi)
Max. width1.5 km (0.93 mi)

Hellefisk Fjord (Danish: Hellefiskefjord) is a fjord in Peary Land, northern Greenland. To the northeast, the fjord opens into the Wandel Sea of the Arctic Ocean.

This fjord is named after the Greenland halibut (Danish: Hellefisk).

Geography

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The Hellefisk Fjord opens in the NNE of Herluf Trolle Land to the east of Wyckoff Land, southwest of Cape Clarence Wyckoff, west of which there is a small bay with an island off Cape Henry Parish. Its mouth is located to the southeast of the mouth of G.B. Schley Fjord.[1] 853 metres (2,799 ft) high Mount Clarence Wyckoff rises to the east of the eastern shore of the fjord.[2]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ GoogleEarth
  2. ^ Prostar Sailing Directions 2005 Greenland and Iceland Enroute, p. 129
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