Grise Fiord (Nunavut)

Grise Fiord
Grise Fiord Location in Nunavut
Location	Ellesmere Island, Nunavut
Coordinates	76°35′N 83°14′W / 76.583°N 83.233°W / 76.583; -83.233
Ocean/sea sources	Jones Sound
Basin countries	Canada
Settlements	Grise Fiord

Grise Fiord^[1] is a fjord on Ellesmere Island, Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut, Canada. Grise Fiord means "pig inlet" in Norwegian. Otto Sverdrup from Norway named it so during an expedition around 1900 because he thought the walrus in the area sounded like pigs. It feeds into Jones Sound and out into Baffin Bay. The Inuit community of Grise Fiord, the northernmost civilian settlement in Canada, is located at the south end of the fiord.