The Murchison Sound (; ) is a

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in the

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municipality, NW

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It was named after Scottish geologist

Roderick Murchison Sir Roderick Impey Murchison, 1st Baronet (19 February 1792 – 22 October 1871) was a Scottish geologist who served as director-general of the British Geological Survey from 1855 until his death in 1871. He is noted for investigating and desc ...

(1792 – 1871).

Geography

It is a broad channel that runs roughly from northwest to southeast between the mouth of the

Inglefield Fjord Inglefield Gulf or Inglefield Fjord (; ) is a fjord in northwestern Greenland. To the west, the fjord opens into the Baffin Bay. Administratively it belongs to the Avannaata municipality. Inglefield Gulf was named after English explorer Edward A ...

and

Baffin Bay Baffin Bay (Inuktitut: ''Saknirutiak Imanga''; ; ; ), located between Baffin Island and the west coast of Greenland, is defined by the International Hydrographic Organization as a marginal sea of the Arctic Ocean. It is sometimes considered a s ...

. It is 51.8 km wide between Cape Robertson and Hakluyt Island and its minimum width is 14 km. The Murchison Sound separates Prudhoe Land and Piulip Nuna —part of the Greenland mainland— to the north from Kiatak (Northumberland Island) and Qeqertarsuaq (Herbert Island) to the south with Cape Cleveland on the northern shore. On the south side of the islands the

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leads from the Baffin Bay to the Inglefield Fjord.''Prostar Sailing Directions 2005 Greenland and Iceland Enroute,'' p. 88 The

Robertson Fjord Siorapaluup Kangerlua, also known as Robertson Fjord and Robertson Bay, is a fjord in northern Greenland. To the southwest, the fjord opens into the Murchison Sound of the Baffin Bay.GoogleEarth Administratively it belongs to the Avannaata munici ...

and the MacCormick Fjord have their mouths on the northern side of the sound.

References

External links

Sunrise, Murchison Sund, Qeqertarsuaq, Northwest GreenlandExplanatory notes to the Geological map of Greenland
Sounds of North America Straits of Greenland Bodies of water of Baffin Bay {{Greenland-geo-stub