# Conger Sound

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**Conger Sound** (Danish: *Conger Sund*), also known as **Conger Inlet**,[1] is a [fjord](/source/Fjord) in [Peary Land](/source/Peary_Land), far northern [Greenland](/source/Greenland).[2][3]

The sound was first put on the map at the time of the [Lady Franklin Bay Expedition](/source/Lady_Franklin_Bay_Expedition) led by [Adolphus Greely](/source/Adolphus_Greely). It was named after [U.S. Senator](/source/United_States_Senate) [Omar D. Conger](/source/Omar_D._Conger), a sponsor of the venture.

## Geography

Conger Sound is a [marine channel](/source/Marine_channel) with a fjord structure, It is part of the [Weyprecht Fjord](/source/Weyprecht_Fjord) system, extending for over 22 km (14 mi) in a roughly north / south direction to the east of [Lockwood Island](/source/Lockwood_Island) and west of [Roosevelt Land](/source/Roosevelt_Land).

It opens to the frozen [Lincoln Sea](/source/Lincoln_Sea) in the north, between [Cape Kane](/source/Cape_Kane) in the east and [Cape Christiansen](/source/Cape_Christiansen) in the west. To the south it opens to the inner section of Weyprecht Fjord.[1][4]

## See also

- [List of fjords of Greenland](/source/List_of_fjords_of_Greenland)

## References

1. [Geographical Items on North Greenland - Encyclopedia Arctica 14](https://collections.dartmouth.edu/arctica-beta/html/EA14-13.html)

1. [Google Maps](/source/Google_Maps)

1. [Nunat Aqqi; Stednavne](https://asiaq.maps.arcgis.com/apps/View/index.html?appid=c5c7d9d52a264980a24911d7d33914b5)

1. *Sailing Directions for the East Coast of Greenland*. [United States Hydrographic Office](/source/United_States_Hydrographic_Office), p. 267

## External links

- [*North Greenland Glacier Velocities and Calf Ice Production* - Polarforschung 60 (1): 1-23, 1990](https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/28269/1/Polarforsch1990_1_1.pdf)

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