List of fjords of Greenland

Tasiilaq Fjord opens into the bay in the North Atlantic south of the wide mouth of Ammassalik Fjord.
Ilulissat Icefjord, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Aerial view of Isortoq Fjord (upper left).
A glacier in Kaiser Franz Joseph Fjord.

This is a list of the most important fjords of Greenland:[1][2]

Fjords

  • Alanngorsuaq Fjord
  • Aleqatsiaq Fjord
  • Alluitsup Kangerlua (Lichtenau Fjord)
  • Ameralik Fjord
  • Amerloq Fjord
  • Ammassalik Fjord
  • Ananap Kangertiva Kiateq
  • Anaanap Kangertiva Oqqorseq (Depot Fjord)
  • Anorituup Kangerlua
  • Attertia
  • Ardencaple Fjord
  • Arfersiorfik Fjord
  • Avaqqat Kangerluat
    • Puiattoq
    • Qassialik
  • Bernstorff Fjord
  • Bessel Fjord
  • Bessel Fjord, NW Greenland
  • Bowdoin Fjord
  • Carlsberg Fjord (Kangerterajitta Itterterilaq)
  • Cass Fjord
  • Danmark Fjord
  • De Dodes Fjord
  • Deichmann Fjord
  • Dickson Fjord (branch of King Oscar Fjord notable due to the September 2023 rockslide and associated 9-day seismic event caused by a seiche megatsunami)
  • Dijmphna Sound
    • Hekla Sound
  • Eqalugaarsuit Fjord
  • Fleming Fjord
  • Foulk Fjord
  • Frederick E. Hyde Fjord
  • Graah Fjord (Akorninnarmiit Oqqummut Kangertivat)
    • Jaette Fjord
  • Grandjean Fjord
  • Granville Fjord
  • Grevel Fjord
  • Gyldenløve Fjord (Umiiviip Kangertiva)
  • Hagen Fjord
  • Hartz Sound
  • Hellefjord
  • Igtip Kangertiva (Comanche Bay)
  • Igutsaat Fjord
  • Ikerasak Fjord
  • Ikersuaq (Bredefjord)
    • Northern Sermilik
    • Qaleragdlit Imâ
    • Kangerlua
  • Ikersuaq, East Greenland (Ikertivaq)
    • Eastern Tasiissaq
    • Western Tasiissaq
  • Ikertivaq (Ikersuaq)
  • Ikertooq Fjord
  • Ikka Fjord
  • Iliartalik
  • Ilulissat Icefjord[3]
    • Sikuiuitsoq
  • Ingolf Fjord
  • Iluileq Fjord (Danell Fjord)
  • Isortoq Fjord
  • J. A. D. Jensen Fjord
  • J. C. Jacobsen Fjord
  • Johan Petersen Fjord
  • Kanajoorartuut Kangerluat
  • Kangaamiut Kangerluarsuat Fjord
  • Kangerlikajik
  • Kangerluaraq
  • Kangerluarsuk Fjord
  • Kangerluarsuk Tulleq
  • Kangerluarsunnguaq Fjord
  • Kangerluk Fjord
  • Kangerluluk
  • Kangerlussuaq Fjord
  • Kangerlussuaq Fjord, East Greenland
  • Kangerlussuaq Fjord, Kangeq
  • Kangerlussuaq Icefjord
  • Kangerlussuatsiaq Fjord (Evighedsfjord)
  • Kangersivartikajik (Kangerdluarssikajik)
    • Sammileq
  • Kangertittivatsiaq
    • Nordfjord
    • Sammilik
  • Karrat Fjord
  • Kattertooq
  • Kialernup Kangerlua
  • Kivioq Fjord
  • Knighton Fjord
  • Kuutseq
    • Qassit
  • Lindeman Fjord
    • Fligely Fjord
  • Lindenow Fjord (Kangerlussuatsiaq)
    • Norrearm
    • Sondrearm
  • MacCormick Fjord
  • Miki Fjord
  • Mørkefjord
  • Nansen Fjord
  • Nanûseq Fjord (Annikitsup Kangerlua)
    • Noret
  • Napasorsuaq Fjord (Napasorsuup Kangerlua)
  • Nasaussap Saqqaa
  • Nathorst Fjord
  • Nattoralik
  • Newman Fjord
  • Nigertuluk
  • Nioghalvfjerd Fjord
  • Nordre Isortoq Fjord
  • Nuup Kangerlua
  • Nuussuup Kangia
  • Paatusoq
  • Perlerfiup Kangerlua
  • Petermann Fjord
  • Poulsen Fjord
  • Quseertaliip Kangertiva
  • Romer Fjord
  • Ryberg Fjord
  • Saqqarsuaq Fjord
  • Savary Fjord
  • Sehested Fjord (Uummannap Kangertiva)
    • Annat Fjord
    • Sikuijuitsoq
  • Sermilik (Sermiligaaq)
  • Sherard Osborn Fjord
  • Sikuijivitteq (Mogens Heinesen Fjord)
  • Siorapaluup Kangerlua (Robertson Fjord)
  • Southern Sermilik
  • St George Fjord
  • Sullua Fjord
  • Tasermiut Fjord
  • Torsukattak Fjord (Disko Bay)
  • Tunulliarfik Fjord
    • Qooroq Fjord
  • Tuttilik
  • Ukkusissat Fjord
  • Upernavik Icefjord
  • Uummannaq Fjord
  • Uunartoq Fjord
  • Vahl Fjord
  • Vedel Fjord
  • Wolstenholme Fjord

Fjord areas

  • Godthab Gulf
    • Loch Fyne
    • Wordie Bay (Greenland)
    • Copeland Fjord
      • Granta Fjord
    • Young Sound
      • Tyrolerfjord
  • Independence Fjord
    • Astrup Fjord
    • Jørgen Brønlund Fjord
    • Hagen Fjord
  • Inglefield Bredning
    • Bowdoin Fjord
    • Academy Fjord
    • Olrik Fjord
  • Iittuarmiit (Southern Skjoldungen Fjord)
    • Balder Fjord
    • Halvdan Fjord
    • Yrsas Fjord
    • Pulaqqaviip Ikaasaa (Morkesund)
    • Qimutuluittiip Kangertiva (Northern Skjoldungen Fjord)
      • Hermod Vig
      • Norrevig
  • Kaiser Franz Joseph Fjord
    • Dusenfjord
    • Geologfjord
    • Isfjord
    • Kjerulffjord
    • Nordfjord
      • Muskox Fjord
  • Kangerlussuaq Fjord, East
    • Amdrup Fjord
    • Courtauld Fjord
    • Nordfjord
    • Watkins Fjord
  • Kangersuneq
    • Dragsfjord
    • Fylla Vig
    • Magne Fjord
    • Mode Fjord
  • Kangertittivatsiaq
    • Arpertilo (Vestfjord)
    • Nordfjord
    • Sammilik
  • King Oscar Fjord
    • Antarctic Sound
    • Sofia Sound
    • Kempe Fjord
      • Dickson Fjord
      • Rohs Fjord
      • Rhedin Fjord
    • Narwhal Sound
    • Segelsällskapet Fjord
      • Alpefjord
      • Forsbladfjord
    • Antarctic Haven
    • Skeldal
    • Vega Sound
    • Davy Sound
  • Peary Land[1]
    • Benedict Fjord
    • De Long Fjord
      • Thomas Thomsen Fjord
      • Adolf Jensen Fjord
      • O.B. Bøggild Fjord
    • Frederick E. Hyde Fjord
      • Citronen Fjord
      • Freja Fjord
      • Frigg Fjord
      • Odin Fjord
      • Thor Fjord
    • G.B. Schley Fjord
    • Gardiner Fjord
    • Hellefiske Fjord
    • Hunt Fjord
    • J.P. Koch Fjord
      • Navarana Fjord
    • Jewell Fjord
    • Lemming Fjord
    • Mascart Sound
    • Nordenskiöld Fjord
    • Sands Fjord
    • Victoria Fjord
    • Weyprecht Fjord
  • Prince Christian Sound
    • Kangerluk Fjord
    • Ikeq Fjord
    • Akuliarutsip Imaa (Ikerasak Fjord)
    • Ilua Fjord
    • Torsukattak Fjord
    • Utoqqarmiut Fjord (Pamialluup Kujatinngua)
  • Scoresby Sound[2]
    • Fonfjord
      • Rode Fjord
      • Vestfjord
    • Gaasefjord
    • Hurry Inlet
    • Ofjord
      • Hare Fjord
      • Rype Fjord
      • Snesund
    • Nordvestfjord
      • Flyver Fjord
  • Sermilik
  • Skaer Fjord
    • Penthievre Fjord
    • H.G. Backlundfjord
    • C.F.Mourier Fjord
    • V. Clausen Fjord
  • Timmiarmiut Fjord
    • Ernineq Fjord
    • Hanseraq Fjord
    • Igtâsiartikajîp Kangertiva
    • Navfalik Fjord
    • Tajarnikajîp Kangertiva

Landlocked fjords

  • Agnete Lake (Agnete Sø)
  • Annex Lake (Annekssøen)
  • Centrum Lake (Centrumsø)
  • Elizabeth Sharon Lake (Elizabeth Sharon Sø)
  • Romer Lake (Romer Sø)
  • Seal Lake (Sælsøen)

See also

  • Ammassalik wooden maps
  • List of glaciers in Greenland

References

  1. ^ a b In Northern Greenland, a large area made up entirely of fjords; therefore Peary Land above not a fjord but a fjord area.
  2. ^ a b In Northeastern Greenland, a large area made up entirely of fjords; therefore is the Scoresby Sund above not a fjord but a fjord area.
  3. ^ Ilulissat Icefjord is the only UNESCO World Heritage Site in Greenland.
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