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    Fjord (redirect from Fiord)
    In physical geography, a fjord or fiord (/ˈfjɔːrd, fiːˈɔːrd/ ) is a long, narrow sea inlet with steep sides or cliffs, created by a glacier. Fjords exist...
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    Grise Fiord (/ɡriːz fiˈɔːrd/; Inuktitut: ᐊᐅᔪᐃᑦᑐᖅ, romanized: Aujuittuq, lit. 'place that never thaws') is an Inuit hamlet on the southern tip of Ellesmere...
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    Milford Sound (category Fiords of New Zealand)
    (Māori: Piopiotahi, officially gazetted as Milford Sound/Piopiotahi) is a fiord in the south west of New Zealand's South Island within Fiordland National...
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    Tanquary Fiord is a fjord on the north coast of the Arctic Archipelago's Ellesmere Island, Nunavut, Canada. It is located in the Quttinirpaaq National...
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  • and the Agassiz Ice Cap. To the northwest is Borup Fiord and Tanquary Fiord is northeast. "Greely Fiord". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources...
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    The fiords of New Zealand (Māori: tai matapari "bluff sea") are all located in the southwest of the South Island, in a mountainous area known as Fiordland...
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  • Alexandra Fiord is a natural inlet on the Johan Peninsula of Ellesmere Island in the Qikiqtaaluk Region of Nunavut, Canada. To the east, it opens into...
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    the side of a mountain collapsed on the western end of the head of Taan Fiord, a finger of Icy Bay formed by the retreat of Tyndall Glacier. The resulting...
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    recorded at 144. There are three settlements: Alert, Eureka, and Grise Fiord. Ellesmere Island is administered as part of the Qikiqtaaluk Region in the...
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    Russell Fiord, also spelled Russell Fjord, is a fjord in the U.S. state of Alaska. It extends north to Disenchantment Bay, the terminus of Hubbard Glacier...
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