Whale Sound

For the sounds that whales make, see Whale vocalization.

The Whale Sound (Danish: Hvalsund) is a sound in the Avannaata municipality, NW Greenland.^[1]

Whale Sound
Hvalsund
Whale Sound
Location	NW Greenland
Coordinates	77°17′N 71°0′W
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)

Geography

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.

Map of Northwestern Greenland

19th century map of the Inglefield Gulf.