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Fjord. In physical geography, a fjord or fiord (/ ˈfjɔːrd, fiːˈɔːrd / ⓘ [1]) is a long, narrow sea inlet with steep sides or cliffs, created by a glacier. [2] Fjords exist on the coasts of Antarctica, the Arctic, and surrounding landmasses of the northern and southern hemispheres. [3]
Nassau Fjord [10] Alaska. 60°15′46″N 148°21′25″W / 60.2628°N 148.3569°W / 60.2628; -148.3569 (Nassau Fiord) Puget Sound [11] Washington. 47°36′N 122°27′W / 47.6°N 122.45°W / 47.6; -122.45 (Puget Sound) Puget Sound is a fjord system of many flooded glacial valleys and is the southernmost ...
The Hardangerfjord, the Queen of fjords, at a length of 179 km (111 mi) is claimed to be fourth largest fjord in the world and second largest of Norway. [18] [19] Anaktalak Bay, Saglek Fiord and Nachvak Fiord off the coast of Newfoundland and Labrador are being studied for environmental changes due to global warming. Increased tourism and ...
The spelling fiord is used in New Zealand rather than fjord, although all the maritime fiords instead use the word sound in their name. The Marlborough Sounds , a series of deep indentations in the coastline at the northern tip of the South Island, are in fact drowned river valleys, or rias .
Grise Fiord. This community (and that of Resolute) was created by the Canadian government in 1953, partly to assert sovereignty in the High Arctic during the Cold War.Eight Inuit families from Inukjuak, Quebec (on the Ungava Peninsula), were relocated after being promised homes and game to hunt, but the relocated people discovered no buildings and very little familiar wildlife. [7]
The head of the Tanquary Fiord is the convergence point of four river valleys, three of which end in a floodplain and one in a river delta. Carbon dating findings show that the fjord was free of glacial ice approximately 6,500 years ago. [4] In the past 40 years, the terminal points of side glaciers have receded. [5]
Oslo. The Oslofjord (Norwegian: Oslofjorden, Urban East Norwegian: [ˈʊ̂ʂlʊˌfjuːɳ]; English: Oslo Fjord[1][2][3]) is an inlet in southeastern Norway. The 120-kilometre (75 mi) fjord begins at the small village of Bonn in Frogn Municipality and stretching northwards to the city of Oslo, and then curving to the east and then south again.
Fiordland's landscape is characterised by deep fiords along the coast.....and U-shaped valleys carved by glaciers. Fiordland (Māori: Te Rua-o-te-Moko, "The Pit of Tattooing" [1] [2], and also translated as "the Shadowlands"), is a non-administrative geographical region of New Zealand in the south-western corner of the South Island, comprising the western third of Southland.