It is a fjord with a wide mouth that opens to the NNW between
Dragon Point at the northern end of
Hendrik Island, and
Cape May, at the northwestern end of
Wulff Land. Hendrik Island forms the western shore of the fjord north of the
Hartz Sound and smaller high
Castle Island lies in Saint Andrew Bay off the northeastern shore of Hendrik Island. Sherard Osborn Fjord forms
Wulff Land's western coastline and Hendrik Island forms part of the northern half of the facing shore, while the shore south of the Hartz Sound that separates the island from the mainland is part of
Warming Land on one side and
Permin Land on the other. The Hartz Sound connects the area of the head of the fjord with neighboring
Saint George Fjord to the east. The
Ryder Glacier at the fjord's head discharges ice from the
Greenland Ice Cap and fills most of the inner fjord as far as Wedge Island. At the head of the fjord, to the southwest of Wulff Land, lies
Aage Bistrup Land, an
unglaciated land area completely surrounded by the Ryder Glacier. high
Cape V. Normann is at the northern end of Permin Land. ==See also==