Английская Википедия:Conger Sound
Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Infobox body of water Conger Sound (Шаблон:Lang-da), also known as Conger Inlet,[1] is a fjord in Peary Land, far northern Greenland.[2][3]
The sound was first put on the map at the time of the Lady Franklin Bay Expedition led by Adolphus Greely. It was named after U.S. Senator Omar D. Conger, a sponsor of the venture.
Geography
Conger Sound is a marine channel with a fjord structure, It is part of the Weyprecht Fjord system, extending for over Шаблон:Convert in a roughly north / south direction to the east of Lockwood Island and west of Roosevelt Land.
It opens to the frozen Lincoln Sea in the north, between Cape Kane in the east and Cape Christiansen in the west. To the south it opens to the inner section of Weyprecht Fjord.[1][4]
See also
References
External links
- ↑ 1,0 1,1 Geographical Items on North Greenland - Encyclopedia Arctica 14
- ↑ Google Maps
- ↑ Nunat Aqqi; Stednavne
- ↑ Sailing Directions for the East Coast of Greenland. United States Hydrographic Office, p. 267