Below is a partial list of the largest fjords of Greenland .
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Fjord complexes
- Piri Land
- Independence Fjord
- Kaiser Franz Josef Fjord
- Skorsby - the largest fjord in the world [1]
Separate fjords
- Ilulissat-Isfjord is the only fjord in North America included in the UNESCO World Heritage List [2]
- - the longest fjord of West Greenland
- - the longest fjord of the sea Labrador and one of the longest fjords of the populated part of Greenland
- - is located on the banks of the fjord - the only place in Greenland where the natural forest grows
- Uummannak Fjord - the second largest fjord in the world
Scoresby Bay is the largest fjord in the world [1] , the actual is a group of fjords
Ilulissat-Isfjord is the only fjord in North America included in the UNESCO World Heritage List [2]
- along its banks is - the only place in Greenland where the natural forest grows
Uummannak Fjord - the second largest fjord in the world
Landlocked fjords (lakes)
See also
- Geography of Greenland
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 Characteristics of Greenland fjords (rus.) On studbooks.net
- ↑ 1 2 Ilulissat Icefjord (English) on whc.unesco.org
Links
- Per Ivar Haug. Gazetteer of Greenland # 15 - Bays, fjords, inlets (Eng.) On the site ntnu.no , August 2005, ISSN 1502-0800, ISBN 82-7113-114-1 Archived from the original June 15, 2011
- Wikimedia Commons has media files on the fjords of Greenland