Frederick E. Hyde Fjord


Frederick E. Hyde Fjord is a fjord in Peary Land, far northern Greenland.

History

The fjord was named after Frederick Erastus Hyde by Robert Peary, one of the founding members and first vice-president of the Peary Arctic Club in New York.
The landscape of this desolate fjord caused an impression on Danish Arctic explorer Eigil Knuth:

Geography

To the east Frederick E. Hyde Fjord opens into the Arctic Ocean with its mouth just to the north of Cape John Flagler and south of Cape Bridgman.
Freja Fjord, Thor Fjord and Odin Fjord are branches on the southern shore of the fjord, about, and from the mouth respectively; smaller Citronen Fjord lies about from the mouth. Frigg Fjord is an offshoot on the northern shore located from the mouth.
The Roosevelt Range, the northernmost mountain range on earth, extends from west to east on the northern side of the fjord along with its subranges.
The high Nordkrone plateau is located on the southern side of Frederick E. Hyde Fjord. Nordkrone has many glaciers and is intersected by deep ravines with steep sides. high Wistar Bjerg, one of the highest points in Peary Land, rises above the fjord between the Freya and Thor fjords at the edge of the plateau.