King Oscar Fjord

King Oscar Fjord is a fjord in East , marking the northern border of the Scoresby Land Peninsula. It was named by A.G. Nathorst on his 1899 expedition as Konung Oscars Fjord for Oscar II, King of from 1872 to 1907 and of from 1872 until 1905.
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  • Marine channel
  • Description: fjord in Greenland
  • Also known as
    “Fiord de Roi Oscar”
    “Kong Oscars Fjord”
    “Kong Oskarfjord”

King Oscar Fjord

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Latitude
72.36098° or 72° 21′ 40″ north
Longitude
-23.93473° or 23° 56′ 5″ west
Open location code
C94R9368+94
Geo­Names ID
3422318
Wiki­data ID
Q15577417

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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Swedish—“King Oscar Fjord” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: “Kong Oscar Fjord”
  • Cebuano: “Kong Oscar Fjord”
  • Chinese: “奧斯卡二世峽灣”
  • Czech: “fjord krále Oskara”
  • Danish: “Kong Oscar fjord”
  • Dutch: “Kong Oscar Fjord”
  • Dutch: “Koning Oscarfjord”
  • Icelandic: “Óskarsfjörður”
  • Italian: “fiordo di Re Oscar”
  • Italian: “Fiordo di Re Oscar”
  • Japanese: “キング・オスカー・フィヨルド”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Kong Oscars Fjord”
  • Norwegian: “Kong Oscar Fjord”
  • Polish: “Fiord Króla Oskara”
  • Swedish: “Kong Oscar Fjord”
  • Swedish: “Kung Oscars fjord”
  • “Kangerluk Kong Oscar”

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