Cass Fjord

Cass Fjord
Cass Fjord Location in Greenland
Location	Arctic
Coordinates	80°3′N 65°0′W
Ocean/sea sources	Peabody Bay Kane Basin
Basin countries	Greenland
Max. length	25 km (16 mi)
Max. width	5.5 km (3.4 mi)

Cass Fjord is a fjord in northern Greenland. To the southwest, the fjord opens into the Kane Basin of the Nares Strait.

Geography

The Cass Fjord opens to the SW at the northern end of Peabody Bay, north of Cape Clay.[1] Cass Fjord forms Washington Land's southeastern coastline and the facing shore is part of Daugaard-Jensen Land.[2] The Washington Land shore is fringed by 180 m (590 ft) high cliffs, known as Poulsens Klint.[3]

Map of Northwestern Greenland

See also

• List of fjords of Greenland
• Cass Fjord Formation

References

1. "Cass Fjord". Mapcarta. Retrieved 28 February 2019.
2. GoogleEarth
3. Prostar Sailing Directions 2005 Greenland and Iceland Enroute, p. 92

External links

• Stratigraphy of the Cass Fjord Formation (Middle and Upper Cambrian), North Greenland