The fjord was named by the 1906-1908 Denmark expedition led by Lauge Koch which mapped Greenland's north coast between Cape York and Denmark Sound. It was named after 544-ton schooner Ingolf, used for hydrographic surveys in the waters off Greenland in 1879 and 1895; this vessel had also been used by Andreas Peter Hovgaard on a voyage to the West Indies in 1884–85.[2]
The southern end of the Princess Elizabeth Alps and the Hjorne Glacier (Hjørnegletscher) are located on the north side of the inner fjord. A few miles further west the Ingolf Fjord bends to the SSW at a right angle and there is a small arm, Solvig, with valley running SSW at the end of which lies Centrum Lake. The Nunataami Elv river valley — the outflow of Romer Lake further north — discharges at the northern inner arm of the fjord.[2] This arm was formerly believed to form the head of the fjord, but in 1939, the fjord was found to continue further to the west and SW, ending in two short branches in its innermost end, the Månevig branching in a western direction and the Solvig in a southern direction.[2] The Drabe Glacier (Dråbegletscher) is a hanging glacier located on the east side of this area.[4]
Map of Northeastern Greenland
1911 German map of NE Greenland showing Ingolf Fjord
