Scoresby Sound

Scoresby Sound, or Scoresby Sund and Kangertittivaq, is a vast branching fjord system on Greenland’s eastern coast opening into the Greenland Sea and ranking among the world’s largest and longest fjord networks. Its main channel extends inland to a complex landscape of steep mountains, deep basins, inner fjords, islands, and enclosed waterways, including Hall Bredning and Milne Land. Named for William Scoresby, who mapped it in detail in 1822, the region has only one permanent settlement, Ittoqqortoormiit, and the Gurreholm research station farther north. Despite a severe Arctic climate, open water and sheltered conditions support rich wildlife, including muskoxen, Arctic foxes, seals, narwhals, beluga whales, and large seabird colonies.