Somes Sound is a

fjard A fjard (, ) is a large open space of water between groups of islands or mainland in archipelagos. Fjards can be found along sea coasts, in freshwater lakes or in rivers. Fjard and fjord were originally the same word, and they generally meant sa ...

, a body of water running deep into

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, the main site of

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. Its deepest point is approximately , and it is over deep in several places. The sound almost splits the island in two. While often described as the "only

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 ...

on the East Coast", it lacks the extreme vertical relief and anoxic sediments associated with Norwegian fjords, and is now called a

by officials — a smaller drowned glacial

embayment A bay is a recessed, coastal body of water that directly connects to a larger main body of water, such as an ocean, a lake, or another bay. A large bay is usually called a ''gulf'', ''sea'', ''sound'', or ''bight''. A ''cove'' is a small, ci ...

. Somes Sound was named for Abraham Somes, who was one of the first settlers on the island and had a home at the end of the sound in Somesville, the first village on the island.

Gallery

Image:LaneFitzHughEntranceOfSomesSound.jpg, ''Entrance of Somes Sound'',
Mount Desert Island, Maine (1855)
by Fitz Hugh Lane File:Valley Cove, Somes' Sound, by B. Bradley.png, Stereoscopic image of Valley Cove, Somes Sound. (1870s)

References

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Geology of Acadia National Park
Sounds of Maine Bodies of water of Hancock County, Maine Acadia National Park Fjords of Maine Fjards {{Maine-geo-stub