Young Sound () is a marine channel with a

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structure in

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, East

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. Administratively it is part of the

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zone.

History

The fjord was given the name "Young’s Bay" by

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in 1822. He named it in honour of British scientist Thomas Young (1773– 1829), secretary of the

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. During the 1869–70 Second

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this body of water was surveyed by

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, who used the name "Tyrolerfjord" for the whole water body. Later, during the

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reinstated the name "Young Sund" for the outer section of the water body. Just north of Daneborg there was a Danish hunting station named Sandodden which is now abandoned.

Geography

Young Sound opens in the northern side of the mouth area of Gael Hamke Bay, north of

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. It extends north and northeast of

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and southwest of

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; to the north lies A. P. Olsen Land. It is about wide at the entrance and stretches to the west for about , curving inward in a roughly northwestern direction for , bending again roughly westwards for a further until the mouth of the

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, that branches northwards and forms the inner section of the water body.''Prostar Sailing Directions 2005 Greenland and Iceland Enroute'', p. 122 Zackenberg Station and

Daneborg Station Daneborg (or Daneborg Station) is a station on the south coast of Wollaston Foreland peninsula of northeast Greenland, at the mouth of Young Sund emptying into Greenland Sea. Daneborg serves as the headquarters for the Sirius Patrol, the dog s ...

are located on the Wollaston Foreland shore of the sound, the latter close to its mouth.

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, also known as "Klippe", is a small island in the middle of Young Sound, about NW of its entrance.''Sandøen'', a small sandy islet with a

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colony, is located in the mouth area.

References

External links

Young Sund Campaign 2016 - Isaaffik

Wehrmacht occupations in the new world: Archaeological and historical investigations in Northeast Greenland
Fjords of Greenland {{Greenland-geo-stub

History

Geography

See also

References

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