Coordinates: 65°56′N 38°27′W / 65.933°N 38.450°W / 65.933; -38.450

Bruckner Glacier

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For the glacier in Antarctica, see Brückner Glacier.
Bruckner Glacier
Brückner Gletscher
View of Johan Petersen Fjord from the air with the terminuses of the Bruckner (left) and Heim glaciers. NASA HU-25 Falcon picture.
Map showing the location of Bruckner Glacier
Map showing the location of Bruckner Glacier
Location within Greenland
TypePiedmont glacier
LocationEast Greenland
Coordinates65°56′N 38°27′W / 65.933°N 38.450°W / 65.933; -38.450
Width1.5 km (0.93 mi)
TerminusJohan Petersen Fjord

Bruckner Glacier (Danish: Brückner Gletscher), is a glacier in eastern Greenland.[1]

Geography

The Bruckner Glacier originates in the Eastern side of the Greenland Ice Sheet. It flows eastward about 6 km (3.7 mi) to the south of the Heim Glacier.[2] It has its terminus in the eastern side of the head of Johan Petersen Fjord separated by nunataks from the terminus of the Heim Glacier.[3]

Together the Bruckner and Heim glaciers discharge icebergs into the inner part of the fjord.[4]

Map of part of Greenland section.
The glacier seen from the fjord (August 2016)

Bibliography

See also

References

  1. ^ "Brückner Gletscher". Mapcarta. Retrieved 12 October 2019.
  2. ^ "Heim Gletscher". Mapcarta. Retrieved 11 October 2019.
  3. ^ GoogleEarth
  4. ^ Prostar Sailing Directions 2005 Greenland and Iceland Enroute, p. 104

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