Nordenskiold Glacier, Northwest Greenland

Nordenskiold Glacier
Photograph of Nordenskiold Glacier by the US Coast Guard.
Map showing the location of Nordenskiold Glacier
Location within Greenland
Location Greenland
Coordinates 75°48′N 59°0′W / 75.800°N 59.000°W / 75.800; -59.000Coordinates: 75°48′N 59°0′W / 75.800°N 59.000°W / 75.800; -59.000
Terminus Melville 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.


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