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The western branch widens at the "Rudi Bay" section, becoming about 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) wide, wider than the average width of the fjord. After the junction it branches roughly southwards for about 7.5 kilometres (4.7 mi) until the northern end of a shallow area named Revet. The fjord is
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about 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) wide at the entrance and the part that stretches to the northwest narrows to about 1.5 kilometres (0.93 mi) all the way to its head.
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has its terminus on the western side of its northern end with a river draining it and flowing into the fjord. Further north flows the
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Circulation and fjord-shelf exchange during the ice-covered period in Young Sound-Tyrolerfjord, Northeast Greenland (74°N)
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Towards quantifying the glacial runoff signal in the freshwater input to Tyrolerfjord–Young Sound, NE Greenland
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There are a number of Norwegian and Danish hunting cabins in the shores of the fjord.
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reinstated the name "Young Sund" for the outer section of the water body.
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Prostar Sailing Directions 2005 Greenland and Iceland Enroute
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Tyrolerfjord is a fjord that stretches deep inland west of
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Map section showing the Young Sound and Tyrolerfjord.
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Tyrolerfjord is located in Greenland
Greenland
Arctic
74°28′N 21°11′W / 74.467°N 21.183°W / 74.467; -21.183
Young Sound
Gael Hamke Bay
Greenland Sea
Basin
Greenland
fjord
King Christian X Land
Greenland
Northeast Greenland National Park
German North Polar Expedition
Carl Koldewey
Julius Payer
Tyrol
Alps
Young Sound
William Scoresby
Gael Hamke Bay
1929–1930 Expedition to East Greenland
Lauge Koch
Young Sound
Clavering Island
A. P. Olsen Land
Copeland Fjord
Pasterze Glacier
Gerda Glacier

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