Scoresby Sund

70.5 - 25Koordinaten: 70 ° 30 'N, 25 ° 0' W

The Kangertittivaq, even Scoresby ( Scoresby Sund Danish ) is a fjord system in the Greenland Sea on the eastern coast of Greenland. It has a tree-like structure, whose 110 km long main pool branches off into a number of fjords and thus a total area of 38,000 km ² has (for comparison: Denmark has an area of ​​43,000 km ²). The longest fjord extends over 340-350 km. The depth is 400-600 m in the main pool, in the fjords she rises up to 1450 m. It is the largest and longest fjord system in the world.

The fjord complex was named in honor of the English explorer William Scoresby, who charted the Kangertittivaq 1822 relative detail. There are also numerous islands. The largest of these, Milne Land, has an area of ​​3913 km ² and is located in the middle of the estuary. On the north side of the output Ittoqqortoormiit, the only permanently populated city is located in the area with 472 inhabitants ( as of 2011).

Geography

The output between Kangikajik (Cape Brewster ) and Uunarteq (Cape Tobin ) 29 km wide. Its southern part is a steep, 1000-2000 m high basalt wall, the north side is located deeper and more rounded. The mouth is about 110 km further west, then turns slightly to the north, expands and forms a basin called Hall Bredning. From there, the inlet splits into several branches, including in the Northwest Fjord, Øfjord ( the turn in Rypefjord and Harefjord ). , Røde Fjord, Fjord gases and Fønfjord Between the Øfjord and the Fønfjord Milne is country. The land surrounding the mountain fjord is rich and has towering cliffs directly at the fjord. In some places, there are also glaciers.

Climate

The climate is heavily influenced arctic, as evidenced by a long cold winter and violent storms. The temperatures from January to March fluctuate between -22.5 and -8.4 ° C, the average was 1971 to 1981 -15 to -18 ° C. Essentially, the temperatures here in the short -defaulting summer less than 5 ° C, it ranged from 1971 to 1981 between 0.5 and 3 ° C. In September normally is the first snowfall one that lasts until the next June, in late October freezes the fjord. Between late November and mid- January, the sun never rises above the horizon. It falls only little rainfall, about 30 mm per month. Twice a day there are tides with a tidal range of 1.3 meters.

Fauna

The fauna of the area is exceptionally rich for Greenland. This is due to some special factors, such as the availability of free water in the output in the form of polynyas, which does not even freeze in winter, as well as protection from the winds by the high relief, and relatively fertile land. Among the animals on land include musk oxen, arctic foxes, stoats, hares and lemmings. The reindeer and the arctic wolf once lived here, but disappeared around the 20th century.

Among the birds there are barnacle geese, pink-footed geese, snow geese, whooper swans, King Eider, Eider ducks, long-tailed, thick-billed murres, black guillemots, auks, puffins, fulmars, herring gulls, glaucous gulls, gulls, kittiwakes, arctic terns, red-throated diver, common loon, red-breasted merganser, ptarmigan, ravens, snow Owls Greenland gyrfalcon, etc. most of them are expatriate species and form large colonies, which may consist of millions of individuals (eg, auks ).

In fishes, the Arctic char, Greenland halibut, polar cod, cuttlefish, the striped catfish, sea scorpions and Greenland are mentioned. The majority of mammals in the water is taken from seals ( ringed, bearded, harp seal, hooded seal and seal ) that (mostly the Arctic cod ) feed and in the summer of crustaceans in the winter of fish. Larger specimens form the Atlantic walrus, narwhal and beluga sometimes.

Arctic fox

Little auk

Puffin

Ermine

Pictures

Icebergs in July 1970

Look at Ittoqqortoormiit in summer

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