Bessel Fjord, NW Greenland
| Bessel Fjord | |
|---|---|
| Bessels Fjord | |
| Location | Arctic |
| Coordinates | 80°55′N 63°5′W / 80.917°N 63.083°W |
| Ocean/sea sources | Kennedy Channel Nares Strait |
| Basin countries | Greenland |
| Max. length | 60 km (37 mi) |
| Max. width | 3.5 km (2.2 mi) |
| Frozen | Most of the year |
| Settlements | Uninhabited |
Bessel Fjord (Danish: Bessels Fjord) is a fjord in northwestern Greenland. Administratively it belongs to the Avannaata municipality.
Knud Rasmussen described the fjord entrance in the following terms:
We passed Bessel Fjord in a fresh breeze, and the peculiar indentation, surrounded on all sides by steep mountains intersected by hanging tongues of ice, looked eerie and desolate.