List of glaciers in Greenland

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Rink Glacier, west Greenland Rinksglacier.jpg
Rink Glacier, west Greenland
NASA picture of the southern part of Romer Lake with the Elephant Foot Glacier. Wikielephantglacier.jpg
NASA picture of the southern part of Romer Lake with the Elephant Foot Glacier.

This is a list of glaciers in Greenland. Details on the size and flow of some of the major Greenlandic glaciers are listed by Eric Rignot and Pannir Kanagaratnam (2006) [1]

Contents

Ice sheets and caps

Other glaciers

Firns

See also

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Firn</span> Partially compacted névé

Firn is partially compacted névé, a type of snow that has been left over from past seasons and has been recrystallized into a substance denser than névé. It is ice that is at an intermediate stage between snow and glacial ice. Firn has the appearance of wet sugar, but has a hardness that makes it extremely resistant to shovelling. Its density generally ranges from 0.35 g/cm3 to 0.9 g/cm3, and it can often be found underneath the snow that accumulates at the head of a glacier.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Moulin (geomorphology)</span> Shaft within a glacier or ice sheet which water enters from the surface

A moulin is a roughly circular, vertical well-like shaft formed where a surface meltstream exploits a weakness in the ice. The term is derived from the French word for mill.

Warming Land is a peninsula in far northern Greenland. Administratively it is a part of the Northeast Greenland National Park. It was named after Danish botanist and ecologist Eugen Warming.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Zachariae Isstrom</span>

Zachariae Isstrom is a large glacier located in King Frederick VIII Land, northeast Greenland.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Nioghalvfjerdsbrae</span>

Nioghalvfjerdsbrae, sometimes referred to as "79 N Glacier", is a large glacier located in King Frederick VIII Land, northeastern Greenland. It drains an area of 103,314 km2 (39,890 sq mi) of the Greenland Ice Sheet with a flux of 14.3 km3 (3.4 cu mi) per year, as measured for 1996. The glacier has two calving fronts where the glacier meets the ocean, separated by Hovgaard Island. In July 2020, the northern offshoot, the Spalte Glacier broke away from Nioghalvfjerdsbrae and completely disintegrated.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Rink Glacier</span>

Rink Glacier is a glacier in Avannaata, Greenland.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">King Oscar Glacier</span>

King Oscar Glacier is a large glacier in the Avannaata Municipality, on the northwestern coast of Greenland.

Wandel Land is a 15.7 km (52,000 ft) nunatak in Avannaata municipality in northwestern Greenland. It is one of several nunataks in the Melville Bay region of Greenland, where the Greenland ice sheet drains into the bay alongside its entire length apart from an occasional nunatak.

Nunatakassak is a nunatak in Avannaata municipality in northwestern Greenland. It is one of several nunataks in the Melville Bay region of Greenland, where the Greenland ice sheet drains into the bay alongside its entire length apart from an occasional nunatak.

Nunatakassaup Sermia is a tidewater glacier in Avannaata municipality on the northwestern shore of Greenland. It drains the Greenland ice sheet westwards into Melville Bay. The glacier front is located between the Nunatakassak nunatak in the north, and the Wandel Land nunatak in the south.

Hayes Glacier is a tidewater glacier in the Avannaata municipality, located on the northwestern shore of Greenland.

Kjer Glacier is a tidewater glacier in the northwestern shore of Greenland. Administratively it belongs to Avannaata municipality.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">K.J.V. Steenstrup Glacier</span>

K.J.V. Steenstrup Glacier is one of the major glaciers in King Christian IX Land, by the eastern coast of Greenland, Sermersooq municipality. This ice formation includes two nearly parallel glaciers, the Northern K.J.V. Steenstrup Glacier and the Southern K.J.V. Steenstrup Glacier. These glaciers were named after Danish geologist and explorer of Greenland K. J. V. Steenstrup.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Nordenskiold Glacier</span>

Nordenskiold Glacier, is a large glacier in the Avannaata Municipality, on the northwestern coast of Greenland.

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

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Lindbergh Range</span> Mountain range in Greenland

The Lindbergh Range or Lindbergh Nunataks is a mountain range in King Christian IX Land, eastern Greenland. Administratively the range is part of the Sermersooq Municipality.

Wulff Land is a peninsula in far northwestern Greenland. Administratively it is a part of the Northeast Greenland National Park.

Steenstrup Glacier, is a glacier in NW Greenland. Administratively it belongs to the Avannaata municipality.

Rink Glacier, is a glacier in NW Greenland. Administratively it belongs to the Avannaata municipality.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Nordvestfjord</span> Fjord in Greenland

Nordvestfjord, meaning 'Northwest Fjord', is a fjord in King Christian X Land, eastern Greenland.

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. S2CID   22389368.
  2. ↑ "Catalogue of place names in northern East Greenland". Geological Survey of Denmark. Retrieved 21 April 2016.
  3. ↑ "DanielBruun Firn". Mapcarta. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
  4. ↑ "Dreyer Firn". Mapcarta. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
  5. ↑ Sven Hedin Firn, Army Map Service, United States Army Corps of Engineers, Greenland 1:250,000
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