Newman Bay () or Newman Fjord is a

fjord In physical geography, a fjord (also spelled fiord in New Zealand English; ) is a long, narrow sea inlet with steep sides or cliffs, created by a glacier. Fjords exist on the coasts of Antarctica, the Arctic, and surrounding landmasses of the n ...

in northern

Greenland Greenland is an autonomous territory in the Danish Realm, Kingdom of Denmark. It is by far the largest geographically of three constituent parts of the kingdom; the other two are metropolitan Denmark and the Faroe Islands. Citizens of Greenlan ...

. To the northwest, the fjord opens into the

Robeson Channel Robeson Channel () is a body of water lying between Greenland and Canada's northernmost island, Ellesmere Island. It is the most northerly part of Nares Strait, linking Hall Basin to the south with the Arctic Ocean to the north. The Newman Fjord ...

of the

Lincoln Sea Lincoln Sea (; ) is a body of water in the Arctic Ocean, stretching from Cape Columbia, Canada, in the west to Cape Morris Jesup, Greenland, in the east. The northern limit is defined as the great circle line between those two headlands. It is co ...

. It is a part of the

Northeast Greenland National Park Northeast Greenland National Park (, ) is the world's largest national park and the 10th largest protected area (the only larger protected areas consist mostly of sea). Established in 1974, the Northeast Greenland national park expanded to its p ...

. There are

muskoxen The muskox (''Ovibos moschatus'') is a hoofed mammal of the family Bovidae. Native to the Arctic, it is noted for its thick coat and for the strong odor emitted by males during the seasonal rut, from which its name derives. This musky odor has ...

near the shores of the fjord.Euphemia Vale Blake (ed.), ''Journey to the Arctic: The True Story of the Disastrous 1871 Mission to the North Pole'', p. 180

History

The fjord was named after the Reverend Dr. Newman of Washington, D.C. in September 1871 during the

Polaris expedition The ''Polaris'' expedition of 1871–1873 was one of the first serious attempts to reach the North Pole after that of British naval officer Sir Edward Parry, who reached 82nd parallel north, 82° 45′ N in 1827. Funded by the U.S. gover ...

Charles Francis Hall Charles Francis Hall ( – November 8, 1871) was an American Arctic explorer, best known for his collection of Inuit testimony regarding the 1845 Franklin Expedition and the suspicious circumstances surrounding his death while leading ...

. It would be the last place Hall named in Greenland, for he was taken ill shortly thereafter and died in November the same year. Clements R. Markham, ''The Lands of Silence'', p. 300

Geography

Newman fjord is roughly SE/NW oriented and opens to the northwest. To the west lies

Hall Land Hall Land is a peninsula in far northwestern Greenland. It is a part of the Northeast Greenland National Park. Hall Land is one of the coldest places in Greenland. History Hall Land was named after Charles Francis Hall, leader of the 1871 Polari ...

with the Polaris Foreland in the shore near its mouth and to the east

Nyeboe Land Nyeboe Land () is a peninsula in far northwestern Greenland Greenland is an autonomous territory in the Danish Realm, Kingdom of Denmark. It is by far the largest geographically of three constituent parts of the kingdom; the other two are me ...

, both largely

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areas.

Nina Bang Mountain Nina Bang Mountain () is a mountain in NW Greenland. Administratively it is part of Avannaata municipality. This peak was named after Denmark's first woman cabinet minister Nina Bang. Geography Nina Bang Mountain is located in southwestern Nyeb ...

rises to the east of the fjord and the

Haug Range The Haug Range () is a mountain range in far northwestern Greenland. Administratively this range is part of Avannaata municipality. The range is located in Hall Land, one of the coldest places in Greenland. This mountain chain was named after I ...

, with Kayser Mountain, to the SW of its shores. The fjord's mouth is located close to the entrance of the Robeson Channel in the Lincoln Sea,

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;

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is the headland on the southwestern side and

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on the northeastern.''Prostar Sailing Directions 2005 Greenland and Iceland Enroute,'' p. 94 There are a few small islands in the inner reaches midway between the mouth and its head.

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Several small streams empty into the fjord, as well as a

glacier A glacier (; or ) is a persistent body of dense ice, a form of rock, that is constantly moving downhill under its own weight. A glacier forms where the accumulation of snow exceeds its ablation over many years, often centuries. It acquires ...

at its head which discharges from the

Greenland Ice Cap The Greenland ice sheet is an ice sheet which forms the second largest body of ice in the world. It is an average of thick and over thick at its maximum. It is almost long in a north–south direction, with a maximum width of at a latitude ...

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The late Quaternary history of Hall Land, northwest Greenland
Fjords of Greenland {{Greenland-fjord-stub

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