- In
physical geography, a
fjord (also
spelled fiord in New
Zealand English; /ˈfjɔːrd,
fiːˈɔːrd/ ) is a long,
narrow sea
inlet with
steep sides or cliffs...
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Grise Fiord (/ɡriːz
fiˈɔːrd/; Inuktitut: ᐊᐅᔪᐃᑦᑐᖅ, romanized: Aujuittuq, lit. 'place that
never thaws') is an
Inuit hamlet on the
southern tip of Ellesmere...
- (Māori: Piopiotahi,
officially gazetted as ****ord
Sound / Piopiotahi) is a
fiord in the
south west of New Zealand's
South Island within Fiordland National...
- and the Ag****iz Ice Cap. To the
northwest is
Borup Fiord and
Tanquary Fiord is northeast. "Greely
Fiord".
Geographical Names Data Base.
Natural Resources...
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Tanquary Fiord is a
fjord on the
north coast of the
Arctic Archipelago's
Ellesmere Island, Nunavut, Canada. It is
located in the
Quttinirpaaq National...
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Tanquary Fiord Airport (IATA: JQ6, TC LID: CJQ6) is
located at the
southern side of
Tanquary Fiord, Nunavut, Canada,
close to the end of the
fiord. It is...
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Fiordland features a
number of
fiords,
which in this area are
typically named sounds,
reflecting the fact that
sometimes fiords are
considered to be a type...
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recorded at 144.
There are
three settlements: Alert, Eureka, and
Grise Fiord.
Ellesmere Island is
administered as part of the
Qikiqtaaluk Region in the...
- the side of a
mountain collapsed on the
western end of the head of Taan
Fiord, a
finger of Icy Bay
formed by the
retreat of
Tyndall Glacier. The resulting...
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Grise Fiord Airport (IATA: YGZ, ICAO: CYGZ) is
located in
Grise Fiord, Nunavut, Canada, and is
operated by the
Government of Nunavut. The only building...
