Illullip Sermia

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Illullip Sermia
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Aerial view of the glacier front
Location Upernavik Archipelago, Greenland
Coordinates 74°24′30″N56°0′0″W / 74.40833°N 56.00000°W / 74.40833; -56.00000 Coordinates: 74°24′30″N56°0′0″W / 74.40833°N 56.00000°W / 74.40833; -56.00000
Terminus Inussulik Bay
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Illulip Sermia (Upernavik Archipelago)

Illullip Sermia is a tidewater glacier in Avannaata municipality on the northwestern shore of Greenland. It drains the Greenland ice sheet southwestwards into Inussulik Bay, an inlet of Baffin Bay. [1] The glacier front is located between the Sanningassorsuaq Peninsula in the north, and the base of Illulissuaq Peninsula in the south. [1] The glacier front is located at 74°22′40″N56°04′50″W / 74.37778°N 56.08056°W / 74.37778; -56.08056 .

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References

  1. 1 2 Upernavik Avannarleq, Saga Map, Tage Schjøtt, 1992