| Sands Fjord | |
| Pushpin Map: | Greenland |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Greenland |
| Location: | Arctic |
| Coords: | 83.5333°N -71°W |
| Oceans: | Lincoln Sea |
| Countries: | Greenland |
| Length: | 12km (07miles) |
| Width: | 2km (01miles) |
| Frozen: | All year round |
| Settlements: | 0 |
Sands Fjord is a fjord in Peary Land, northern Greenland. To the north, the fjord opens into the Lincoln Sea of the Arctic Ocean. Administratively, it belongs to the Northeast Greenland National Park.
The fjord was named by Robert Peary in honor of H. Hayden Sands, one of his sponsors and a member of the Peary Arctic Club.[1]
Sands Fjord opens to the north about 20km (10miles) to the WSW of Cape Morris Jesup and about 30km (20miles) to the east of Benedict Fjord. The fjord is limited by Gertrud Rask Land on its western side.[2] It stretches in a roughly south–north direction for about 12km (07miles) with its mouth opening to the Lincoln sea.[3]
Cape Hans Egede is the headland on the western side of the mouth of Sands Fjord. The fjord is flanked by mountains on both sides, reaching a height of 800m (2,600feet). The MacMillan Glacier discharges at its head.[4] Helvetia Tinde, the highest mountain of the Roosevelt Range, rises about 15km (09miles) SSW of the head of the fjord.[5]