Coordinates: 68°20′N 51°10′W / 68.333°N 51.167°W / 68.333; -51.167

Nordenskiold Glacier, West Greenland

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For the glacier in Melville Bay, see Nordenskiold Glacier, Northwest Greenland. For the glacier in East Greenland, see Akuliarutsip Sermerssua. For the glacier in Russia, see Nordenskiöld Glacier (Novaya Zemlya).
Nordenskiold Glacier
Map showing the location of Nordenskiold Glacier
Map showing the location of Nordenskiold Glacier
Location within Greenland
LocationGreenland
Coordinates68°20′N 51°10′W / 68.333°N 51.167°W / 68.333; -51.167
TerminusTasiusarsuaq

Nordenskiold Glacier (Danish: Nordenskiöld Gletscher), is a large glacier in Qeqertalik Municipality, on the Western coast of Greenland.

Geography

This glacier has its terminus south of Disko Bay and north of Arfersiorfik Fjord. It drains the Greenland ice sheet (Greenlandic: Sermersuaq) westwards into the Tasiusarsuaq.[1]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Nordenskiöld Gletscher". Mapcarta. Retrieved 11 July 2016.


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