In 1891 a spot in the southern shore near the mouth of the fjord was chosen as a place for the recovery of Robert Peary during his Second Greenland Expedition. A house was built and the site was named "Red Cliff".[2]
Geographyedit
MacCormick Fjord, together with Robertson Fjord close to the west, is one of the two main indentations of the northern side of the Murchison Sound. It runs in a roughly NE/SW direction east of Cape Robertson, with its mouth north of Cape Cleveland, beyond the western end of the Inglefield Gulf.[3] Piulip Nunaa is the peninsula that separates this fjord from Bowdoin Fjord to the east and MacCormick Fjord forms the peninsula's western coastline. Most of the fjord's shores are beach.[4]
The Sun Glacier discharges from the Greenland Ice Sheet at the head of the MacCormick Fjord and its terminus is a 30 m (98 ft) high wall; the smaller Scarlet Heart Glacier has its terminus on the eastern shore of the inner fjord, about 20 km (12 mi) from its mouth.[5]
^"MacCormick Fjord". Mapcarta. Retrieved 14 April 2019.
^Prostar Sailing Directions 2005 Greenland and Iceland Enroute, p. 89
^T. C. Chamberlin, Glacial Studies in Greenland. The Journal of Geology Vol. 5, No. 3 (Apr. - May, 1897), pp. 229-240. Published by: The University of Chicago Press
External linksedit
Greenland Institute of Natural Resources - Grønlands Naturinstitut
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maccormick, fjord, greenlandic, iterlassuaq, fjord, northern, greenland, southwest, fjord, opens, into, murchison, sound, baffin, iterlassuaq, greenlandic, location, greenlandlocationarcticcoordinates77, 000ocean, sourcesmurchison, soundbaffin, baybasin, count. MacCormick Fjord Greenlandic Iterlassuaq is a fjord in northern Greenland To the southwest the fjord opens into the Murchison Sound of the Baffin Bay 1 MacCormick FjordIterlassuaq Greenlandic MacCormick FjordLocation in GreenlandLocationArcticCoordinates77 40 N 70 0 W 77 667 N 70 000 W 77 667 70 000Ocean sea sourcesMurchison SoundBaffin BayBasin countriesGreenlandMax length30 km 19 mi Max width8 km 5 0 mi Contents 1 History 2 Geography 3 See also 4 References 5 External linksHistory editIn 1891 a spot in the southern shore near the mouth of the fjord was chosen as a place for the recovery of Robert Peary during his Second Greenland Expedition A house was built and the site was named Red Cliff 2 Geography editMacCormick Fjord together with Robertson Fjord close to the west is one of the two main indentations of the northern side of the Murchison Sound It runs in a roughly NE SW direction east of Cape Robertson with its mouth north of Cape Cleveland beyond the western end of the Inglefield Gulf 3 Piulip Nunaa is the peninsula that separates this fjord from Bowdoin Fjord to the east and MacCormick Fjord forms the peninsula s western coastline Most of the fjord s shores are beach 4 The Sun Glacier discharges from the Greenland Ice Sheet at the head of the MacCormick Fjord and its terminus is a 30 m 98 ft high wall the smaller Scarlet Heart Glacier has its terminus on the eastern shore of the inner fjord about 20 km 12 mi from its mouth 5 nbsp Map of Northwestern Greenland nbsp 19th century map of the Inglefield Gulf See also editList of fjords of GreenlandReferences edit GoogleEarth Red Cliff House MacCormick Fjord Mapcarta Retrieved 14 April 2019 Prostar Sailing Directions 2005 Greenland and Iceland Enroute p 89 T C Chamberlin Glacial Studies in Greenland The Journal of Geology Vol 5 No 3 Apr May 1897 pp 229 240 Published by The University of Chicago PressExternal links editGreenland Institute of Natural Resources Gronlands Naturinstitut nbsp This article about a fjord in Greenland is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title MacCormick Fjord amp oldid 1155187023, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
