Woodfjord is a
fjord
In physical geography, a fjord or fiord () is a long, narrow inlet with steep sides or cliffs, created by a glacier. Fjords exist on the coasts of Alaska, Antarctica, British Columbia, Chile, Denmark, Germany, Greenland, the Faroe Islands, Icel ...
on the north shore of
Spitsbergen
Spitsbergen (; formerly known as West Spitsbergen; Norwegian: ''Vest Spitsbergen'' or ''Vestspitsbergen'' , also sometimes spelled Spitzbergen) is the largest and the only permanently populated island of the Svalbard archipelago in northern No ...
island in the
Svalbard
Svalbard ( , ), also known as Spitsbergen, or Spitzbergen, is a Norwegian archipelago in the Arctic Ocean. North of mainland Europe, it is about midway between the northern coast of Norway and the North Pole. The islands of the group rang ...
archipelago. It is the
fourth longest fjord in the Svalbard archipelago with the mouth facing north adjacent to
Wijdefjord, and goes into the island, west of
Andrée Land.
Information about Woodfjorden
polartours.Received on February 20, 2023
External links
Norwegian Polar Institute
The Svalbard Project
Svalbard Info
Svalbard Images
Photos
References
Fjords of Spitsbergen
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