Odin Fjord (Danish: Odins Fjord) is a fjord in Peary Land, far northern Greenland.[1]

Odin Fjord
Odins Fjord
Map of Northern Ellesmere Island and far Northern Greenland
Odin Fjord is located in Greenland
Odin Fjord
Odin Fjord
Location in Greenland
LocationArctic
Coordinates82°53′N 35°36′W / 82.883°N 35.600°W / 82.883; -35.600
River sourcesYmer Glacier
Ocean/sea sourcesFrederick E. Hyde Fjord
Wandel Sea
Basin countriesGreenland
Max. length20 km (12 mi)
Max. width2.5 km (1.6 mi)
FrozenAll year round

Robert Peary did not explore the Frederick E. Hyde Fjord owing to thick fog at its mouth. The inner fjord branches were mapped and named by Lauge Koch in the course of aerial surveys from the 1920s onwards.[2]

Geography

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Odin Fjord is an offshoot on the southern shore of Frederick E. Hyde Fjord, located close to its head, 121 km (75 mi) west of Cape John Flagler at the fjord entrance. Thor Fjord has its mouth to the east on the same side. The fjord is roughly oriented in a north–south direction and is nearly 20 km (12 mi) in length.[3]

Flowing northwards to the east of the Hans Tausen Ice Cap, the Ymer Glacier discharges at the head of the fjord. To the east of Odin Fjord lies the Heimdal Ice Cap.[4][1][5]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b Google Maps
  2. ^ Spencer Apollonio, Lands That Hold One Spellbound: A Story of East Greenland, 2008 p. 101
  3. ^ Sailing Directions for East Greenland and Iceland, p. 182
  4. ^ Nunat Aqqi; Stednavne
  5. ^ J. C. Escher & Poul-Henrik Larsen, The buried western extension of the Navarana Fjord escarpment in central and western North Greenland; p. 84
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