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Sound in Avannaata, Greenland For the sounds that whales make, see Whale vocalization.
Whale Sound
Hvalsund
Whale Sound is located in GreenlandWhale SoundWhale Sound
LocationNW Greenland
Coordinates77°17′N 71°0′W / 77.283°N 71.000°W / 77.283; -71.000
Part ofArctic Ocean
Ocean/sea sourcesBaffin Bay
Inglefield Gulf
Basin countriesGreenland
Max. length50 km (31 mi)
Max. width19 km (12 mi)
FrozenMost of the year
IslandsKiatak (Northumberland Island) and Qeqertarsuaq (Herbert Island)

The Whale Sound (Danish: Hvalsund) is a sound in the Avannaata municipality, NW Greenland.

Geography

It is a broad channel that runs roughly from east to west between the mouth of the Inglefield Fjord and Baffin Bay. Its minimum width is 19 km.

The Whale Sound separates Steensby Land —part of the Greenland mainland— to the south from Kiatak (Northumberland Island) and Qeqertarsuaq (Herbert Island) to the north. The Murchison Sound leads from the Baffin Bay to the Inglefield Fjord on the north side of the islands. the Olrik Fjord has its entrance at the eastern end of the sound.

Map of Northwestern Greenland
19th century map of the Inglefield Gulf.

References

  1. GoogleEarth
  2. "Hvalsund". Mapcarta. Retrieved 26 April 2019.
  3. Prostar Sailing Directions 2005 Greenland and Iceland Enroute, p. 88

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