Cornell Glacier

Cornell Glacier
Location Upernavik Archipelago, Greenland
Coordinates 74°14′N 56°00′W / 74.233°N 56.000°W / 74.233; -56.000Coordinates: 74°14′N 56°00′W / 74.233°N 56.000°W / 74.233; -56.000
Terminus Nuussuup Kangia
Cornell Glacier (Upernavik Archipelago)

Cornell Glacier (Greenlandic: Ikissuup Sermersua, old spelling: Ikigssûp Sermerssua, Danish: Cornell Gletscher) is a tidewater glacier in the Qaasuitsup municipality on the northwestern shore of Greenland. It drains the Greenland ice sheet westwards into Nuussuup Kangia, a fjord inlet of Sugar Loaf Bay, to the east of the base of Nuussuaq Peninsula.[1]

References

  1. ↑ Upernavik Avannarleq, Saga Map, Tage Schjøtt, 1992


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