Whale Sound
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| Whale Sound | |
|---|---|
| Hvalsund | |
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| Location | NW Greenland |
| Coordinates | Lua error in Module:Coordinates at line 489: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). |
| Part of | Arctic Ocean |
| Ocean/sea sources | Baffin Bay Inglefield Gulf |
| Basin countries | Greenland |
| Max. length | 50 km (31 mi) |
| Max. width | 19 km (12 mi) |
| Frozen | Most of the year |
| Islands | Kiatak (Northumberland Island) and Qeqertarsuaq (Herbert Island) |
The Whale Sound (Danish: Hvalsund) is a sound in the Avannaata municipality, NW Greenland.[1]
Geography
[edit | edit source]It is a broad channel that runs roughly from east to west between the mouth of the Inglefield Fjord and Baffin Bay. Its minimum width is 19 km.[2]
The Whale Sound separates Steensby Land —part of the Greenland mainland— to the south from Kiatak (Northumberland Island) and Qeqertarsuaq (Herbert Island) to the north. The Murchison Sound leads from the Baffin Bay to the Inglefield Fjord on the north side of the islands. [3] the Olrik Fjord has its entrance at the eastern end of the sound.
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References
[edit | edit source]- ^ GoogleEarth
- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ Prostar Sailing Directions 2005 Greenland and Iceland Enroute, p. 88
