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Vestfjord

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This tributary fjord extends between high mountains for about 50 km (31 mi) in a west–east direction until its mouth in the confluence of the
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from the southwest —the latter aligned with the fjord. They flow into the head of the Vestfjord at the fjord's western end and a
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reaching a height of 2,468 m (8,097 ft) rises between the two glaciers.
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This article is about the fjord in Greenland. For other meanings, see
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Two large glacier branches have their terminus in the Vestfjord, the
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Geology of the Appalachian—Caledonian Orogen in Canada and Greenland
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Prostar Sailing Directions 2005 Greenland and Iceland Enroute
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Holocene glacimarine sedimentation, inner Scoresby Sund
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Vestfjorden
Vestfjord is located in Greenland
Greenland
Arctic
70°30′N 28°45′W / 70.500°N 28.750°W / 70.500; -28.750
Scoresby Sound
Greenland Sea
Basin
Greenland
Danish language
fjord
King Christian X Land
Greenland
Scoresby Sound
Sermersooq
Rode Fjord
Fonfjord
Milne Land
Døde Bræ
Vestfjord Glacier
nunatak
Hinksland
gneiss
schist
crystalline complex


List of fjords of Greenland

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