fjord

Example Sentences

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Bluie East Two sits at the end of a fjord, far from the nearest settlement.

From The Wall Street Journal

You'll likely know them by now, tucked away in the Arctic fjords, where the winds sweep down off snow-capped mountains and fans wear jumpers as woolly as their scarves.

From BBC

Here in Kapisillit in western Greenland, a cluster of coloured houses cling to the hillside in a frozen fjord.

From Barron's

"I had seen the fjord and notable mountain features in the satellite images, but being there in person filled me with astonishment at what had happened."

From Science Daily

But physically getting to a specialist or a well-equipped clinic can be difficult for many patients, thanks to its size, its formidable geography of ice, fjords and mountains and the remoteness of small settlements.

From The Wall Street Journal