Fligely Fjord

Fligely Fjord is a fjord in King Christian X Land, East Greenland. Administratively it is part of the Northeast Greenland National Park zone.

Fligely Fjord
Map section showing the southern part of Fligely Fjord at the top.
Fligely Fjord Location in Greenland
Location	Arctic
Coordinates	74°56′N 20°37′W
Ocean/sea sources	Lindeman Fjord Hochstetter Bay Greenland Sea
Basin countries	Greenland
Max. length	40 kilometres (25 mi)
Max. width	4 kilometres (2.5 mi)
Frozen	Most of the year
Settlements	A few hunting huts

History

The fjord was first surveyed by Carl Koldewey during the 1869–70 Second German North Polar Expedition. Koldewey named it after Austrian cartographer Field Marshal August von Fligely (1810–1879).^[1]

There are a number of hunter cabins in the shores of the fjord.^[1]

Geography

Fligely Fjord is a marine channel with a fjord structure that stretches west of Kuhn Island and north of the mouth area of Lindeman Fjord. It forms the western shore of the island and to the west the eastern shore of Thomas Thomsen Land. The mouth of Grandjean Fjord lies west of the fjord's northern end.^[2]

The fjord is about 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) wide in its widest part and stretches from north to south for about 40 kilometres (25 mi).^[3]

Map of Northeastern Greenland

East Greenland Terra/MODIS satellite image

See also

• List of fjords of Greenland