Nordenskiold Glacier

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

For the glacier near Disko Bay, see Nordenskiold Glacier, West Greenland. For the glacier in East Greenland, see Akuliarutsip Sermerssua. For the glacier in Russia, see Nordenskiöld Glacier (Novaya Zemlya).
Nordenskiold Glacier
Nordenskiöld Gletscher
Photograph of Nordenskiold Glacier by the US Coast Guard.
Map showing the location of Nordenskiold Glacier
Map showing the location of Nordenskiold Glacier
Location within Greenland
TypeTidewater glacier
LocationGreenland
Coordinates75°48′N 59°0′W
TerminusMelville Bay

Geography

This glacier is located in the Lauge Koch Coast of Melville Bay, north of the Upernavik Archipelago. It drains the Greenland ice sheet (Greenlandic: Sermersuaq) and flows southwestwards between the King Oscar Glacier to the northwest and the Sverdrup Glacier to the southeast.[1]

Map of Northwestern Greenland

See also

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


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