Nordenskiold Glacier, West Greenland

For the glacier in Melville Bay, see Nordenskiold Glacier, Northwest Greenland. For the glacier in East Greenland, see Akuliarutsip Sermerssua. For the glacier in Russia, see Nordenskiöld Glacier (Novaya Zemlya).
Nordenskiold Glacier
Location within Greenland

Location within Greenland

Location Greenland
Coordinates 68°20′N 51°10′W / 68.333°N 51.167°W / 68.333; -51.167Coordinates: 68°20′N 51°10′W / 68.333°N 51.167°W / 68.333; -51.167
Terminus Tasiusarsuaq

Nordenskiold Glacier (Danish: Nordenskiöld Gletscher), is a large glacier in the Qaasuitsup Municipality, on the Western coast of Greenland.

Geography

This glacier has its terminus south of Disko Bay and north of Arfersiorfik Fjord. It drains the Greenland ice sheet (Greenlandic: Sermersuaq) westwards into the Tasiusarsuaq.[1]

See also

References

  1. "Nordenskiöld Gletscher". Mapcarta. Retrieved 11 July 2016.


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