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Bessel Fjord

Coordinates: 75°59′N 21°10′W / 75.983°N 21.167°W / 75.983; -21.167
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Bessel Fjord
Bessel Fjord is located in Greenland
Bessel Fjord
Location
LocationArctic
Coordinates75°59′N 21°10′W / 75.983°N 21.167°W / 75.983; -21.167
Ocean/sea sourcesGreenland Sea
Basin countriesGreenland
Max. length53
Max. width4
FrozenMost of the year

Bessel Fjord is a fjord in northeastern Greenland.[1] Administratively it belongs to the NE Greenland National Park area.

Geography

It stretches from west to east for about 53 km. Troms Island lies in its mouth in the Greenland Sea. This fjord marks the border between King Frederick VIII Land to the north and King Christian X Land to the south.[2] It is located in Erik the Red's Land, in the Greenland Caledonites.[3] Adolf S. Jensen Land lies north of the fjord and Queen Margrethe II Land (Dronning Margrethe II Land) to the south.[2]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Bessel Fjord". Mapcarta. Retrieved 29 June 2016.
  2. ^ a b "Catalogue of place names in northern East Greenland". Geological Survey of Denmark. Retrieved 29 June 2016.[permanent dead link]
  3. ^ A. K. Higgins; Jane A. Gilotti; M. Paul Smith (2008). The Greenland Caledonides: evolution of the northeast margin of Laurentia. Geological Society of America. p. 172. ISBN 0-8137-1202-5. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)


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