More accurate cartographic work of the fjord area was carried out by the 1950 expedition led by B.V. Zubov and A.I.

[3] The fjord was named in honor of Nikolai Matusevich, a prominent researcher of the Soviet Arctic.

The basin inside the fjord has steep mountains on both sides, the highest reaching a height of 590 m (1,940 ft) at Gora Bazarnaya.

The constant outpouring of the glaciers at the head results in massive amounts of ice streaming out of the fjord.

There are numerous bird colonies in the cliffs of the fjord, including thick-billed murres (Uria lomvia), gulls (Larus hyperboreus) and snow buntings (Plectrophenax nivalis), among others.