King Oscar Fjord
King Oscar Fjord is a fjord in East Greenland, 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 Sweden from 1872 to 1907 and of Norway from 1872 until 1905.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Marine channel
- Description: fjord in Greenland
- Also known as: “Fiord de Roi Oscar”, “Kong Oscars Fjord”, and “Kong Oskarfjord”
King Oscar Fjord
- Categories: fjord and body of water
- Location: Greenland, North America
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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 Oscars fjord”
- Dutch: “Kong Oscar Fjord”
- Dutch: “Koning Oscarfjord”
- 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”
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