Akuliarutsip Sermerssua

For the glacier in Melville Bay, see Nordenskiold Glacier, Northwest Greenland. For the glacier near Disko Bay, see Nordenskiold Glacier, West Greenland. For the glacier in South Georgia, see Nordenskjold Glacier. For the glacier in Russia, see Nordenskiöld Glacier (Novaya Zemlya).
Akuliarutsip Sermerssua
Nordenskiold Glacier
Location within Greenland

Location within Greenland

Location Greenland
Coordinates 73°3′N 28°13′W / 73.050°N 28.217°W / 73.050; -28.217Coordinates: 73°3′N 28°13′W / 73.050°N 28.217°W / 73.050; -28.217
Area 62,647 km (38,927 mi)
Terminus Greenland Sea

Akuliarutsip Sermerssua, also known as Nordenskiold Glacier, (Danish: Nordenskiöld Gletscher), is a large glacier located on the east coast of Greenland.

Geography

This glacier marks the southern limit of Fraenkel Land and Goodenoughland.

It drains an area of 62,647 km (38,927 mi) of the Greenland Ice Sheet with a flux (quantity of ice moved from the land to the sea) of 10.7 km3 (2.6 cu mi) per year, as measured for 1996.[1]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Rignot E., Kanagaratnam P. (2006). "Changes in the velocity structure of the Greenland Ice Sheet". Science. 311 (5763): 986–990. doi:10.1126/science.1121381. PMID 16484490.
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