Midgard Glacier

Midgard Glacier
View of the Midgard Glacier.
Map showing the location of Midgard Glacier
Location within Greenland
Location Greenland
Coordinates 66°23′N 36°53′W / 66.383°N 36.883°W / 66.383; -36.883Coordinates: 66°23′N 36°53′W / 66.383°N 36.883°W / 66.383; -36.883
Terminus Sermilik, North Atlantic Ocean

Midgard Glacier (Danish: Midgårdsgletscher) is a glacier on the east coast of the Greenland ice sheet.[1]

Geography

The Midgard Glacier is located at the southern limit of Schweizerland. It flows from the Femstjernen in the NE. It feeds the waters of the Ningerti, a branch of Sermilik (Egede og Rothes Fjord), a large fjord system where there are a number of glaciers discharging such as the Helheim Glacier.[2]

This glacier is named after Midgard, one of the Nine Worlds in Norse mythology.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Midgårdsgletscher". Mapcarta. Retrieved 11 April 2016.
  2. ↑ "Sermilik". Mapcarta. Retrieved 11 April 2016.
  • Glaciers Not On Simple, Upward Trend Of Melting sciencedaily.com, Feb. 21, 2007 "Two of Greenland's largest glaciers (Kangerdlugssuaq and Helheim) shrank dramatically ... between 2004 and 2005. And then, less than two years later, they returned to near their previous rates of discharge.


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