SCORESBY SUND

English Scoresby Sound deep inlet of the Greenland Sea, which gives its name to the town of Scoresbysund. Scoresby Sund penetrates eastern Greenland for 70 mi (110 km). Numerous fjords (the longest 130 mi) extend to the edge of the inland ice cap, where they are fed by large glaciers. The sound, charted by William Scoresby in 1822, is dotted with islands; the largest, Milne Land, is about 60 mi long and 25 mi wide and rises to 7,987 ft (2,434 m). Scoresbysund, a hunting and fishing town founded in 1924 by Ejnar Mikkelsen, lies north of the sound's mouth. Pop. (1990 est.) Scoresbysund town, 470.