Akuliarutsip Sermerssua

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

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
LocationGreenland
Coordinates73°3′N 28°13′W
Area62,647 km (38,927 mi)
TerminusKaiser Franz Joseph Fjord
Greenland Sea

Geography

This glacier flows into the head of the Kaiser Franz Joseph Fjord, just 7 km (4.3 mi) west of the mouth of Kjerulf Fjord, and marks the southern limit of Fraenkel Land and the northern of Goodenoughland.[1] Petermann Peak, one of the highest mountains in Greenland, and the highest in the area, rises to a height of 2,943 metres (9,656 ft) on a nunatak rising right by the northern side of the fjord.[2]

The Nordenskiöld Glacier flows roughly in a WSW/ENE direction, draining 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.[3]

See also

References
  1. "Kjerulf Fjord". Mapcarta. Retrieved 10 October 2019.
  2. Map (PDF; 3,4 MB) von Nordostgrönland im Maßstab 1:1.000.000, De Nationale Geologiske Undersøgelser for Danmark og Grønland (GEUS)
  3. Rignot E., Kanagaratnam P. (2006). "Changes in the velocity structure of the Greenland Ice Sheet" (PDF). Science. 311 (5763): 986–990. doi:10.1126/science.1121381. PMID 16484490.
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