Nordenskiold Glacier

Coordinates: 75°48′N 59°0′W / 75.800°N 59.000°W / 75.800; -59.000
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"Nordenskiold Glacier" redirects here. 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
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
LocationGreenland
Coordinates75°48′N 59°0′W / 75.800°N 59.000°W / 75.800; -59.000
TerminusMelville Bay

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

Geography

This glacier is located north of the Upernavik Archipelago. It drains the Greenland ice sheet (Greenlandic: Sermersuaq) southwestwards into Melville Bay.[1]

See also

References

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

External links


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