Sherard Osborn 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

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. To the NNW, the fjord opens into 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 ...

. Administratively it is 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 ...

. This fjord was named after

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admiral and

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Sherard Osborn Sherard Osborn (25 April 1822 – 6 May 1875) was a Royal Navy admiral and Arctic explorer. Biography Born in Madras, he was the son of an Indian army officer. Osborn entered the navy as a first-class volunteer in 1837, serving until 1 ...

(1822 – 1875).

Geography

It is a fjord with a wide mouth that opens to the NNW between Dragon Point at the northern end of

Hendrik Island Hendrik Island is an island in far northern Greenland. Its area is 583 km2. It is part of the Northeast Greenland National Park. The island is named after Inuit Arctic explorer Hendrik Olsen, who was a member of Knud Rasmussen's Second Th ...

, and

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, at the northwestern end of

Wulff Land Wulff Land () is a peninsula in far northwestern Greenland. Administratively it is a part of the Northeast Greenland National Park. History Wulff Land was named after Swedish botanist and Arctic explorer Thorild Wulff (1867–1917), who went with ...

. Hendrik Island forms the western shore of the fjord north of the

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and smaller high Castle Island lies in Saint Andrew Bay off the northeastern shore of Hendrik Island. Sherard Osborn Fjord forms

's western coastline and Hendrik Island forms part of the northern half of the facing shore, while the shore south of the Hartz Sound that separates the island from the mainland is part of

Warming Land Warming Land is a peninsula in far northern Greenland. Administratively it is a part of the Northeast Greenland National Park. It was named after Danish botanist and ecologist Eugen Warming (1841 – 1924). Geography Warming Land is located betwe ...

on one side and

Permin Land The Permin is a bay in the Saaler Bodden lagoon south of Wustrow in northeast Germany. Originally, the Permin was a channel between the Saaler Bodden and the Baltic Sea and the southern estuarine channel of the River Recknitz. It borders on the Fi ...

on the other. The Hartz Sound connects the area of the head of the fjord with neighboring

Saint George Fjord Saint George Fjord is a fjord in northern Greenland. To the north, the fjord opens into the Lincoln Sea. Administratively it is part of the Northeast Greenland National Park. Geography It is a fairly large fjord that opens to the NNW between Cape ...

to the east.

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The

Ryder Glacier Ryder Glacier is a gently sloping glacier, 13 nautical miles (24 km) long and wide, flowing west from the Dyer Plateau of Palmer Land into George VI Sound to the south of Gurney Point. First surveyed in 1936 by the British Graham Land Exped ...

at the fjord's head discharges ice from the

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and fills most of the inner fjord as far as Wedge Island. At the head of the fjord, to the southwest of Wulff Land, lies

Aage Bistrup Land Aage is a Danish masculine given name and a less common spelling of the Norwegian given name Åge. Variants include the Swedish name Åke. People with the name Aage include: First name * Count Aage of Rosenborg (1887–1940), Danish prince and o ...

, an

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land area completely surrounded by the Ryder Glacier. high Cape V. Normann is at the northern end of Permin Land.''Prostar Sailing Directions 2005 Greenland and Iceland Enroute,'' p. 94

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Block diagram of fjords on the North Greenland side of Lincoln SeaWitnessing time - from 445 million year old rocks exposed in the Fjords to ~4 thousand year old small ice caps
Fjords of Greenland {{Greenland-fjord-stub

Geography

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