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Kaiser Franz Joseph Fjord

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lies in the bay off its mouth. It extends westwards for about 100 km, then at Eleonore Bay in an NNE/SSW direction for about 32 km, bending again westwards at
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Since its structure is made up by deep, drowned valleys, the Kaiser Franz Joseph Fjord has almost no small islands in its interior. Small and rocky
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rising to a height of 1,300 m (4,300 ft) from the southern shore of Frænkel Land, on the northern side of Kaiser Franz Joseph Fjord.
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is a prominent mountain of reddish rock with a lighter stripe extending diagonally across its face that stands close to the southern side of
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flows into the head of the Kaiser Franz Joseph Fjord, just 7 km (4.3 mi) west of the mouth of
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On the Map of King Oscar Fjord and Kaiser Franz Josef Fjord in North-Eastern Greenland
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in Ymer Island joins the fjord on the southern side, nearer its mouth. The
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Major fjord system in the NE Greenland National Park area, East Greenland
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This fjord was first surveyed and partially explored by the Second
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Prostar Sailing Directions 2005 Greenland and Iceland Enroute
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Glacier tongues at the shore of Kaiser Franz Josef Fjord
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and the Gauss Peninsula lie to the North of the fjord.
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Kaiser Franz Joseph Fjord is located in Greenland
73°27′N 25°00′W / 73.450°N 25.000°W / 73.450; -25.000
Greenland Sea
Basin
Greenland
Danish
Greenlandic
NE Greenland National Park
Greenland
Foster Bay
Greenland Sea
Cape Mackenzie
Geographical Society Island
Cape Franklin
Gauss Peninsula
Bontekoe Island
Cape Mohn
Ymer Island
Isfjord
Nordfjord
Waltershausen Glacier
Muskox Fjord
Geologfjord
Nunatak Glacier
Dusen Fjord
Devil's Castle
Cape Petersens
Nordenskiold Glacier
Kjerulf Fjord

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