Benedict Fjord

Benedict Fjord is a fjord in Peary Land, northern Greenland. To the north, the fjord opens into the Lincoln Sea of the Arctic Ocean.

Benedict Fjord
Benedict Fjord Location in Greenland
Location	Arctic
Coordinates	83°27′N 36°50′W
Ocean/sea sources	Lincoln Sea
Basin countries	Greenland
Max. length	22 km (14 mi)
Max. width	6 km (3.7 mi)
Frozen	All year round
Settlements	0

The fjord was named by Robert Peary in honor of New York banker and yachtsman E. C. Benedict, one of the prominent members of the Peary Arctic Club.[1]

Geography

Benedict Fjord is located east of Hunt Fjord with its mouth in the Lincoln sea between Cape Washington and Cape Cannon. It opens to the north about 30 km (19 mi) to the west of Sands Fjord.[2] The fjord stretches in a roughly southeast/northwest direction for about 20 km (12 mi).[3]

There are two branches at its head, A. Harmsworth Glacier discharges from the Roosevelt Range on the eastern side of the head of Benedict Fjord, and a smaller branch extends southwards from the western flank of the fjord. The fjord is limited by Gertrud Rask Land on its eastern side.[4] Both shores of the fjord are largely glaciated.[5]

Map of Northern Ellesmere Island and far Northern Greenland.

See also

• List of fjords of Greenland
• Peary Land

References

1. Achton Friis et al. Im Grönlandeis mit Mylius-Erichsen: Die Danmark-Expedition 1906–1908, p. 384
2. "Benedict Fjord". Mapcarta. Retrieved 23 May 2019.
3. GoogleEarth
4. Prostar Sailing Directions 2005 Greenland and Iceland Enroute, p. 95-96
5. Geographical Items on North Greenland Encyclopedia Arctica 14

External links

• Crossing North Peary Land in Summer 1953