Rode Fjord

Rode Fjord (Danish: Røde Fjord, meaning 'Red Fjord') is a fjord in King Christian X Land, eastern Greenland. The Rode Fjord is part of the Scoresby Sound complex^[1] in the area of Sermersooq municipality.

Rode Fjord
Røde Fjord
Rode Fjord Location in Greenland
Location	Arctic
Coordinates	70°39′N 27°56′W
Ocean/sea sources	Scoresby Sound Greenland Sea
Basin countries	Greenland
Max. length	50 km (31 mi)
Max. width	11 km (6.8 mi)

Geography

The 5 km (3.1 mi) to 11 km (6.8 mi) wide Rode Fjord is located in the inner Scoresby Sound. At its southern end the fjord is a northerly continuation of the Fonfjord. On the western shore, near the confluence, the Rolige Brae glacier flows into the fjord and a little further south the Vestfjord branches off to the west. There is a small island in the area named Rode Island (Røde Ø).^[2]

At the northern end the Rode Fjord is a southern offshoot of the Ofjord. From the confluence of the Ofjord, the Hare Fjord runs in a westerly direction and the Rype Fjord branches to the northwest while the wider Rode Fiord branches to the southwest off the western shore of Storo Island for about 50 km (31 mi). This fjord separates the larger island of Milne Land from the mainland coast in the west. The Snesund is a shorter fjord branching off in a northeasterly direction about halfway through the Rode Fjord separating Storo and Sorte Island from Milne Land.^[2]

Map of NE Greenland and Iceland.

View of the mountainous shore and an ice floe in Rode Fjord.

See also

• List of fjords of Greenland