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Bruckner Glacier

Coordinates: 65°56′N 38°27′W / 65.933°N 38.450°W / 65.933; -38.450
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Bruckner Glacier
Brückner Gletscher
View of Johan Petersen Fjord from the air with the terminuses of the Bruckner (left) and Heim glaciers. NASA HU-25 Falcon picture.
Map showing the location of Bruckner Glacier
Map showing the location of Bruckner Glacier
Location within Greenland
TypePiedmont glacier
LocationEast Greenland
Coordinates65°56′N 38°27′W / 65.933°N 38.450°W / 65.933; -38.450
Width1.5 km (0.93 mi)
TerminusJohan Petersen Fjord

Bruckner Glacier (Danish: Brückner Gletscher), is a glacier in eastern Greenland.[1]

Geography

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The Bruckner Glacier originates in the Eastern side of the Greenland Ice Sheet. It flows eastward about 6 km (3.7 mi) to the south of the Heim Glacier.[2] It has its terminus in the eastern side of the head of Johan Petersen Fjord separated by nunataks from the terminus of the Heim Glacier.[3]

Together the Bruckner and Heim glaciers discharge icebergs into the inner part of the fjord.[4]

Map of part of Greenland section.
The glacier seen from the fjord (August 2016)

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Brückner Gletscher". Mapcarta. Retrieved 12 October 2019.
  2. ^ "Heim Gletscher". Mapcarta. Retrieved 11 October 2019.
  3. ^ GoogleEarth
  4. ^ Prostar Sailing Directions 2005 Greenland and Iceland Enroute, p. 104
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