Danmarkfjord
| Danmarkfjord | ||
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 MODIS satellite image of North Greenland with the Danmarkfjord |
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| Waters | Wandelsee | |
| Land mass | Mylius-Erichsen-Land , Kronprinz-Christian-Land | |
| Geographical location | 81 ° 15 ′ N , 21 ° 30 ′ W | |
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| width | approx. 40 km | |
| length | approx. 200 km | |
| Islands | Prins Frederik Øer, Hjelm | |
| Tributaries | Skjoldungeelv | |
 Location of the Danmark, Hagen and Independence fjords |
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The Danmarkfjord is a fjord in the northeast Greenland National Park between Mylius-Erichsen- and Kronprinz-Christian-Land . It is approximately 200 km long and at its mouth between Princess Thyra Island and Cape Rigsdagen up to 40 km wide. The inner, much narrower part of the fjord is called Holbæk Bugt. The small Næstvedfjord opens at Cape Holbæk. Because no glacier calves directly into the fjord , there are no icebergs in it . The ice-free banks of the Danmarkfjord are partly flat and are then inhabited by musk ox , arctic wolves , arctic foxes and arctic hares . Remains of human dwellings of the Independence I and Independence II cultures up to 4,300 years old have also been found here.
The fjord was discovered by the Danmark Expedition in 1907 and named after their expedition ship. Due to the onset of the thaw, the expedition leader Ludvig Mylius-Erichsen and two comrades were forced to spend the summer on the west bank of the fjord. In November they died on the way to their base camp in Danmarkshavn . Ejnar Mikkelsen came to the fjord in 1910 in a vain search for her diaries . Two years later, the First Thule Expedition led Knud Rasmussen and Peter Freuchen from the west across the inland ice to the Danmarkfjord. Their goal was to clear up the whereabouts of the meanwhile lost Mikkelsen. In 1955, Eigil Knuth investigated the archaeological sites by the fjord.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Danmark Fjord . In: Encyclopedia Arctica 14: Greenland, Svalbard, Etc. Geography and General , Dartmouth College Library, 1947–1951
