Giesecke Glacier

Giesecke Glacier (Danish: Giesecke brær) is a glacier in Avannaata municipality in northwestern Greenland. Its outflow is split in the center by a nunatak. Through two tongues it drains the Greenland ice sheet westwards into Kangerlussuaq Icefjord.[1] The northern tongue (Greenlandic: Qeqertarsuup Sermia) reaches the fjord at 73°35′N 55°36′W. The southern tongue (Greenlandic: Kakiffait Sermiat) reaches the fjord at 73°30′N 55°28′W.

Giececke Glacier
LocationUpernavik Archipelago, Greenland
Coordinates73°35′N 55°12′W
TerminusKangerlussuaq Icefjord
Giesecke Glacier is located in Upernavik Archipelago
Giesecke Glacier
Giececke Glacier (Upernavik Archipelago)

References
  1. Upernavik, Saga Map, Tage Schjøtt, 1992


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