Sehested Fjord

Sehested Fjord
Umminanak Fjord
Uummannap Kangertiva (Greenlandic)
Sehested Fjord is located in Greenland
Sehested Fjord
Sehested Fjord
Location in Greenland
LocationArctic (SE Greenland)
Coordinates63°3′N 42°0′W / 63.050°N 42.000°W / 63.050; -42.000
Ocean/sea sourcesNorth Atlantic Ocean
Basin countriesGreenland
Max. length50 km (31 mi)
Max. width4.5 km (2.8 mi)
Sehested Fjord (Umang Fjord) in a 1944 map of the area around Skjoldungen.

Sehested Fjord (Greenlandic: Uummannap Kangertiva)[1]) is a fjord of the King Frederick VI Coast in the Sermersooq municipality, southeastern Greenland.

This fjord was named in 1829 by Lieutenant W. A. Graah after Danish Admiral Christen Thomesen Sehested.


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