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Murchison Sound

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It is a broad channel that runs roughly from northwest to southeast between the mouth of the
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Prostar Sailing Directions 2005 Greenland and Iceland Enroute,
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on the northern shore. On the south side of the islands the
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Sunrise, Murchison Sund, Qeqertarsuaq, Northwest Greenland
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have their mouths on the northern side of the sound.
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Explanatory notes to the Geological map of Greenland
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Murchison Sound is located in Greenland
Greenland
77°20′N 71°30′W / 77.333°N 71.500°W / 77.333; -71.500
Arctic Ocean
Baffin Bay
Inglefield Gulf
Basin
Greenland
Islands
Kiatak (Northumberland Island)
Qeqertarsuaq (Herbert Island)
Danish
Greenlandic
sound
Avannaata
Greenland
Roderick Murchison
Inglefield Fjord
Baffin Bay
Cape Robertson
Hakluyt Island
Prudhoe Land
Piulip Nuna
Kiatak (Northumberland Island)
Qeqertarsuaq (Herbert Island)
Cape Cleveland
Whale Sound
Robertson Fjord
MacCormick Fjord

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