Hellefisk Fjord

Hellefisk Fjord (Danish: Hellefiskefjord) is a fjord in Peary Land, northern Greenland. To the northeast, the fjord opens into the Wandel Sea of the Arctic Ocean.

Hellefisk Fjord
Hellefiskefjord
Map of Northeastern Greenland
Hellefisk Fjord Location in Greenland
Location	Arctic
Coordinates	82°48′N 23°48′W
Ocean/sea sources	Wandel Sea
Basin countries	Greenland
Max. length	11 km (6.8 mi)
Max. width	1.5 km (0.93 mi)

This fjord is named after the Greenland halibut (Danish: Hellefisk).

Geography

The Hellefisk Fjord opens in the NNE of Herluf Trolle Land to the east of Wyckoff Land, southwest of Cape Clarence Wyckoff, west of which there is a small bay with an island off Cape Henry Parish. Its mouth is located to the southeast of the mouth of G.B. Schley Fjord.^[1] 853 metres (2,799 ft) high Mount Clarence Wyckoff rises to the east of the eastern shore of the fjord.^[2]

See also

• List of fjords of Greenland
• Peary Land