Storstrommen (Greenland)

Storstrømmen
Map showing the location of Storstrømmen
Location within Greenland
Type Piedmont glacier
Location Greenland
Coordinates 77°0′N 22°40′W / 77.000°N 22.667°W / 77.000; -22.667Coordinates: 77°0′N 22°40′W / 77.000°N 22.667°W / 77.000; -22.667
Area 32,100 km2
Length 125 km
Width 26 km
Terminus Borge Fjord through Bredebrae;
North Atlantic Ocean

Storstrommen (Danish: Storstrømmen; "Large Stream"), is one of the major glaciers in northeastern Greenland.[1]

It was named Storstrømmen because of its size by the ill-fated 1906–08 Denmark Expedition (Danmark-Ekspeditionen) led by Ludvig Mylius-Erichsen.[2]

Geography

The mighty Storstrommen is roughly north-south oriented and has a width of over 20 km. Queen Louise Land (Dronning Louise Land) lies to the west and Daniel Bruun Land to the east.[2]

Flowing southwards for over 125 kilometers, its front is in the Bredebrae,[3] the confluence of two very large glaciers, the Storstrommen flowing from the north and the almost equally large L. Bistrup Brae from the south.[2]

The Storstrommen is part of an extensive glacier system that includes as well the Kofoed-Hansen Glacier (Kofoed-Hansen Bræ) to the NE and the Borgjokel Glacier to the SW.[3][4][5]

Map of Northeastern Greenland.
Storstrommen east of Queen Louise Land.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Storstrømmen". Mapcarta. Retrieved 21 April 2016.
  2. 1 2 3 "Catalogue of place names in northern East Greenland". Geological Survey of Denmark. Retrieved 21 April 2016.
  3. 1 2 Fluctuations of Glaciers 1990-1995 (Vol. VII)
  4. ↑ Storstrømmen susceptible to rapid retreat
  5. ↑ Neoglacial glacier changes around Storstrommen, North-East Greenland
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