Thor Fjord () is a
fjord
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in
Peary Land
Peary Land is a peninsula in northern Greenland, extending into the Arctic Ocean. It reaches from Victoria Fjord in the west to Independence Fjord in the south and southeast, and to the Arctic Ocean in the north, with Cape Morris Jesup, the nor ...
, far northern
Greenland
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.
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Robert Peary
Robert Edwin Peary Sr. (; May 6, 1856 – February 20, 1920) was an American explorer and officer in the United States Navy who made several expeditions to the Arctic in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He was long credited as being ...
did not explore the Frederick E. Hyde Fjord owing to thick fog at its mouth. The inner fjord branches were mapped and named by
Lauge Koch
Lauge Koch (5 July 1892 – 5 June 1964) was a Danish geologist and Arctic explorer.
Biography
Lauge Koch was born in 1892 to Karl and Elisabeth Koch. His development as a scientist was greatly influenced by his father's second cousin Johan Peter ...
in the course of aerial surveys from the 1920s onwards.
[Spencer Apollonio, ''Lands That Hold One Spellbound: A Story of East Greenland,'' 2008 p. 101]
Geography
Thor Fjord is an offshoot on the southern shore of Frederick E. Hyde Fjord west of
Cape John Flagler
Cape John Flagler () is a headland in the Wandel Sea, Arctic Ocean, northeast Greenland. Administratively it is part of the Northeast Greenland National Park.
The cape was named in 1900 by Robert Peary after John M. Flagler, one of the members ...
at the fjord entrance. It is located between
Freja Fjord
Freja Fjord () is a fjord in Peary Land, far northern Greenland.Google Maps
The fjord is mentioned in a letter from geologist Peter Dawes to Eigil Knuth regarding a possible archaeological discovery.''The Northernmost Ruins of the Globe'', p. 23 ...
to the east and
Odin Fjord to the west on the same side. The fjord is roughly oriented in a north–south direction and is nearly in length.
[''Sailing Directions for East Greenland and Iceland'', p. 182]
Mount Wistar
Mount Wistar ( or ''Wistar Bjerg'') is a mountain in Peary Land, Northern Greenland. Administratively it is part of the Northeast Greenland National Park.
History
Mt Wistar was deemed to have been seen in 1900 by Robert Peary from the northern ...
, the highest point of the area, rises to the east of the inner section. To the west lies the
Heimdal Ice Cap. There is no glacier at the head of Thor Fjord.
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See also
*List of fjords of Greenland
This is a list of the most important fjords of Greenland:In Greenland, Northern Greenland, a large area made up entirely of fjords; therefore Peary Land above not a fjord but a fjord area.In Greenland, Northeastern Greenland, a large area made ...
References
External links
Geographical Items on North Greenland - Encyclopedia Arctica XIV
Frederick E. Hyde Fjord
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