During the 1869–70 Second German North Polar Expedition of Carl Koldewey this body of water was surveyed by Julius Payer, who was impressed by the beauty of the Alpine-type mountain ranges surrounding the fjord and named it after the Tyrol historical region in the Alps.

Later, during the 1929–1930 Expedition to East Greenland, Lauge Koch reinstated the name "Young Sund" for the outer section of the water body.

The Pasterze Glacier has its terminus on the western side of its northern end with a river draining it and flowing into the fjord.

[2] The western branch widens at the "Rudi Bay" section, becoming about 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) wide, wider than the average width of the fjord.

After the junction it branches roughly southwards for about 7.5 kilometres (4.7 mi) until the northern end of a shallow area named Revet.