The Greenlandic name Ikaasakajik ("the bad sound") originated in a 1955 name registration by the Geodetical Institute of Denmark(Geodætisk Institut). The name makes reference to the persistent katabatic winds blowing along the fjord.[2]
Geography
The 4 km (2.5 mi) to 5 km (3.1 mi) wide Ofjord is a sound with a fjord structure located in the northern Hall Gulf(Hall Bredning), part of the inner Scoresby Sound.
From its mouth near the Bjorne Islands this fjord runs in a roughly NE/SW direction for about 60 km (37 mi) until it bends and runs in a slightly more east–west direction for a further 35 km (22 mi). About 10 km (6.2 mi) before the confluence there is a sound branching on its southern shore towards the southwest, the Snesund. Further west the Rype Fjord branches to the northwest, the Hare Fjord continues in a westerly direction and the Rode Fjord(Røde Fjord) branches towards the south.[3]
To the northeast the fjord is bound by Renland, a peninsula attached to the mainland, and to the south by the island of Milne Land. The island of Storo lies on the NW side of the Snesund.[3]
