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In physical geography, a fjord (also spelled fiord in New Zealand English; / ˈ f j ɔːr d, f iː ˈ ɔːr d / ⓘ [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]
Fleming Fjord The Fleming Fjord Formation, alternatively called the Fleming Fjord Group is an Upper Triassic geological formation in the northeastern coast of Jameson Land , Greenland . It consists of terrestrial sediments and is known for its fossil content.
Fjord – Long, narrow inlet with steep sides or cliffs, created by glacial activity; Geo – Inlet, a gully or a narrow and deep cleft in the face of a cliff; Gulf – Large inlet from the ocean into the landmass List of gulfs; Headland – Landform extending into a body of water, often with significant height and drop
The Scoresby Land Group is a geologic group found in the Jameson Land Basin, Scoresby Land, East Greenland.It preserves fossils dating back to the Triassic period. [1] It comprises the Wordie Creek Formation (Lower Triassic), Pingo Dal Formation (?Lower Triassic), Gipsdalen Formation (Middle to Upper Triassic) and the Fleming Fjord Formation (Upper Triassic).
Fleming Fjord is located SE of the mouth of Davy Sound, cutting into Jameson Land, extending roughly southwestwards for about 27 km (17 mi).The NW side of its mouth lies at the limit of Sermersooq Municipality, the Northeast Greenland National Park lying beyond Cape Biot.
Charkot Bugt Formation: Middle Oxfordian [23] Vardekloft Formation: Bathonian [24] Kap Stewart: Cape Stewart Formation: Pliensbachian [25] Sinemurian [26] Hettangian: Late Triassic: Scoresby Land: Fleming Fjord Formation: Rhaetian [27] Norian: Isrand Formation: Ladinian (Longobardian) [28] Wordie Creek Formation: Induan (Griesbachian-Dienerian ...
Fold on an island in King Oscar Fjord, thought to result from the Caledonian orogeny. Main Vein (a quartz-gold vein), outcrop exposure at Nalunaq Gold Mine, southern Greenland Inoceramus steenstrup, world's largest fossil mollusk, found on the Nuussuaq Peninsula in western Greenland. Greenland is the largest island on Earth.
Fjords in Canada are long, narrow inlets characterized by steep sides, created in a valley carved by glacial activity. A fjord can have two or more basins separated by sills . The bowls can have a depth of 20 to 500 m (66 to 1,640 ft) and the dividing sills can raise up to a few metres below the water surface.