Nioghalvfjerdsfjorden is a fjord located in King Frederick VIII Land, in Northeast Greenland National Park of northeastern Greenland. It is located at latitude 79° N (hence the name, which in Danish means "the fjord of seventy-nine") between Lambert Land and Hovgaard Island. The fjord was named by the Denmark expedition in April 1907.[1] The 79° North Glacier, also called Nioghalvfjerdsbrae, drains into this fjord. The uninhabited Tobias Island is located 80 km east of the fjord.

Nioghalvfjerdsfjorden
Nioghalvfjerdsfjorden is located in Greenland
Nioghalvfjerdsfjorden
Nioghalvfjerdsfjorden
Location in Greenland
LocationArctic
Coordinates79°33′N 21°00′W / 79.550°N 21.000°W / 79.550; -21.000
Ocean/sea sourcesGreenland Sea
Basin countriesGreenland

In September 2020, satellite imagery showed that a big chunk of ice shattered into many small pieces from the last remaining ice shelf in Nioghalvfjerdsfjorden.[2]

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  1. ^ Nioghalvfjerdsfjorden Den Store Danske Encyklopædi
  2. ^ "Climate change: Warmth shatters section of Greenland ice shelf". BBC. 14 September 2020.