ScienceAugust 21, 2026
fjord
fee-ORD
Definition
A long, narrow, deep inlet of the sea between high cliffs or steep slopes, typically formed by the submergence of a glaciated valley.
Etymology
The word is borrowed from Old Norse 'fjǫrðr', referring to a long, narrow inlet. It entered English through Norwegian.
In the news
The article uses the term to describe the narrow sea inlets in Greenland where mountain collapses and subsequent water oscillations occurred, serving as the setting for the seismic activity.
On 16 September 2023, seismometers on every continent began recording the same signal repeating every 92 seconds, and it continued for nine days. The source was a Greenland fjord, where a collapsed mountainside had thrown a 200-metre wave that was
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