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Sherard Osborn Fjord
Sherard Osborn Fjord is located in Greenland
Sherard Osborn Fjord
Sherard Osborn Fjord
Location in Greenland
LocationArctic
Coordinates82°15′N 52°6′W / 82.250°N 52.100°W / 82.250; -52.100
Ocean/sea sourcesLincoln Sea
Basin countriesGreenland
Max. length100 km (62 mi)
Max. width15 km (9.3 mi)

Sherard Osborn Fjord is a fjord in northern Greenland. To the NNW, the fjord opens into the Lincoln Sea. Administratively it is part of the Northeast Greenland National Park.

This fjord was named after Royal Navy admiral and Arctic explorer Sherard Osborn (1822 – 1875).

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Sherard Osborn Fjord is a fjord in northern Greenland. To the NNW, the fjord opens into the Lincoln Sea. Administratively it is part of the Northeast Greenland...

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50th meridian west

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82°1′N 50°0′W / 82.017°N 50.000°W / 82.017; -50.000 (Sherard Osborn Fjord) Sherard Osborn Fjord 81°53′N 50°0′W / 81.883°N 50.000°W / 81.883; -50.000...

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Castle Island

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Manitounuk Islands, Nunavut Castle Island (Greenland), an island in Sherard Osborn Fjord Castle Island (County Cork), and uninhabited island in Roaringwater...

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Saint George Fjord

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of Warming Land. The Hartz Sound connects the mid fjord area with neighboring Sherard Osborn Fjord to the east. The western shore is fringed by cliffs...

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82nd parallel north

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82°0′N 54°13′W / 82.000°N 54.217°W / 82.000; -54.217 (Sherard Osborn Fjord) St George Fjord 82°0′N 52°43′W / 82.000°N 52.717°W / 82.000; -52.717...

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Wulff Land

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and east of Hendrik Island across the Sherard Osborn Fjord. Nares Land lies to the east, across the Victoria Fjord and Stephenson Island to the northeast...

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Warming Land

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bounded by St George Fjord and the Steensby Glacier on its western side, and Hartz Sound —a branch of the Sherard Osborn Fjord, as well as the Ryder...

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List of circles of latitude

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82°0′N 51°34′W / 82.000°N 51.567°W / 82.000; -51.567 (Sherard Osborn Fjord) – Sherard Osborn Fjord, Greenland 82°0′N 49°0′W / 82.000°N 49.000°W / 82...

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British Arctic Expedition

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April 1876 to explore the northwestern shores of Greenland, reaching Sherard Osborn Fjord before turning back on 22 May. Overall the expedition was a near-disaster...

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51st meridian west

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82°24′N 51°0′W / 82.400°N 51.000°W / 82.400; -51.000 (Sherard Osborn Fjord) Sherard Osborn Fjord 81°57′N 51°0′W / 81.950°N 51.000°W / 81.950; -51.000...

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Hendrik Island

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island located east of Nyeboe Land, between Saint George Fjord to the west and Sherard Osborn Fjord to the east. Its southern end faces the mouth of Hartz...

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Lewis Beaumont

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northwest coast of Greenland. Beaumont led a dogsled party that reached Sherard Osborn Fjord in May 1876 and left a cairn at Repulse Harbour. He was given command...

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Timeline of European exploration

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Erasmus Ommanney, Sherard Osborn and William Browne chart the northern half of Prince of Wales Island, Osborn west to Sherard Osborn Point (72°20’ N) and...

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August Heinrich Petermann

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the Royal Geographical Society (RGS) concerning the proposal of capt. Sherard Osborn (1822–1875) to send another English expedition to the North pole starting...

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