Bredefjord

For the fjord in SW Greenland, see Ikersuaq.

Bredefjord
Bredefjord Location in Greenland
Location	Arctic
Coordinates	75°35′N 21°45′W
Ocean/sea sources	Greenland Sea
Basin countries	Greenland
Max. length	40 km (25 mi)
Max. width	4 km (2.5 mi)

Bredefjord is a fjord in northeastern Greenland. Administratively it is part of the Northeast Greenland National Park zone.

Tundra climate prevails in the area of the fjord, the average annual temperature in the area being -14°C . The warmest month is July when the average temperature rises to 1°C and the coldest is January with -23°C.[1]

Geography

Bredefjord is oriented in a roughly NW/SE direction and its mouth opens at the junction with the Smallefjord from the west into the Ardencaple Fjord, Hochstetter Bay, Greenland Sea.[2] The large Stormgletscher and Ejnar Mikkelsen glaciers form a confluence at its head.[3]

Norlund Land, part of Queen Margrethe II Land, lies to the north of the fjord and C. H. Ostenfeld Land to the south.[4]

Map of Northeastern Greenland.

See also

• List of fjords of Greenland

References

1. "NASA Earth Observations Data Set Index". NASA. Archived from the original on 11 May 2020. Retrieved 8 June 2016.
2. Prostar Sailing Directions 2005 Greenland and Iceland Enroute, p. 124
3. "Bredefjord". Mapcarta. Retrieved 8 June 2016.
4. "Catalogue of place names in northern East Greenland". Geological Survey of Denmark. Retrieved 1 July 2016.^[permanent dead link‍]

External links

• The tectonometamorphic development of the Ardencaple Fjord area, North East Greenland Caledonides