 In 1931 a scientific station known as "Nordfjordhuset" was built on the western shore of the fjord at the time of the "1931–34 Treårsekspeditionen".The Nordfjord is a wide fjord part of the Kaiser Franz Joseph Fjord system.It is located between Strindberg Land and the Gauss Peninsula and has the large Waltershausen Glacier at its head.